Murry Bartow

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Murry Bartow
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Bartow in 2013
Biographical details
Born (1961-08-18) August 18, 1961 (age 61)
Warrensburg, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1985 UAB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987 Indiana (assistant)
1987–1989 William & Mary (assistant)
1989–1996 UAB (assistant)
1996–2002UAB
2003–2015 East Tennessee State
2016–2017 South Florida (assistant)
2017South Florida (interim HC)
2018 UCLA (assistant)
2018–2019UCLA (interim HC)
Head coaching record
Overall338–274
Tournaments0–4 (NCAA Division I)
1–3 (NIT)
3–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SoCon tournament (2004)
SoCon regular season (2004)
Atlantic Sun regular season (2007)
2 Atlantic Sun tournament (2009, 2010)
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (2004)
Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2007)

Murry Linn Bartow (born August 18, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the interim head coach for the UCLA Bruins. As the head coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, he was twice named the conference coach of the year, first in the Southern Conference in 2004 and later in the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2007.

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Career

UAB

Bartow served as the head coach for his alma mater University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 1996 to 2002, succeeding his father Gene, the creator of the UAB Blazers men's basketball program. At UAB, he compiled a 103–83 overall record with a conference mark of 48–46 and one NCAA Tournament appearance.

East Tennessee State

Bartow was the men's head basketball coach at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) from 2003 to 2015. Bartow's first season at ETSU brought division and conference regular season titles and the Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament championship. The team finished 27–6 (15–1 conference) and ended their season in an 80–77 NCAA tournament opening round loss to Cincinnati. Bartow was named the SoCon Coach of the Year.

Bartow led the Buccaneers to the regular season Atlantic Sun Conference title in 2006–07 with a 24–10 overall record, despite the graduation of three starters. Bartow was named Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year. The Buccaneers earned NCAA tournament appearances for winning A-Sun Conference tournament championships in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.

Overall, Bartow led the Bucs to three NCAA appearances in his tenure at ETSU. After a change in the school president and athletic director, Bartow was released at the end of 2015. [1]

University of South Florida

Bartow was hired as an assistant coach at the University of South Florida (USF) in August 2016. [2]

He was named interim head coach on January 3, 2017 following the firing of head coach Orlando Antigua. [3] Bartow led the team to a 1–16 record during his time as interim head coach. [4]

UCLA

In April 2018, Bartow was hired by UCLA head coach Steve Alford as an assistant coach to replace the fired David Grace. [5] [6] On December 31, 2018, Bartow was named the interim head coach after Alford was fired in the middle of the 2018–19 season. [7] The Bruins had begun the season 4–0 and ranked No. 17 in the AP Poll, [8] but they lost six of the next nine and finished with a 7–6 record in nonconference play, closing it out with four straight losses. [8] [9] Under Bartow, UCLA opened conference play 2–0 at home against San Francisco Bay Area schools Stanford and California. [10] Emphasizing the team's speed and athleticism, [10] he had the Bruins play more aggressive, trapping and applying pressure on defense and attacking on offense by running on both missed and made baskets. Six Bruins scored in double figures against Cal after five reached the threshold against the Cardinal. In their 13 non-conference games under Alford, UCLA never had more than four double-figure scorers. [11] [12]

Bartow compiled a 10–10 record as interim head coach at UCLA, including a 9–9 record in regular season Pac-12 games. The Bruins defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Arizona State in the quarterfinals. Afterwards, Bartow stated that he was not interested in having his interim tag removed, and expressed optimism that UCLA would "hire a very good coach". [13]

Personal life

Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, Bartow holds a B.A. from UAB and a master's degree from Indiana University. He is married to his wife Tammy (née Earley), and they have 3 children together. [2]

His father, Gene, was a Hall of Fame college basketball coach, coaching UCLA and UAB, among other schools. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UAB Blazers (Conference USA)(1996–2002)
1996–97 UAB 18–147–72nd (Red) NIT first round
1997–98 UAB 21–1210–62nd (National) NIT second round
1998–99 UAB 20–1210–61st (National) NCAA Division I Round of 64
1999–00 UAB 14–147–9T–3rd (National)
2000–01 UAB 17–148–84th (National)
2001–02 UAB 13–176–10T–4th (National)
UAB:103–83 (.554)48–46 (.511)
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Southern Conference)(2003–2005)
2003–04 East Tennessee State 27–615–11st (North) NCAA Division I Round of 64
2004–05 East Tennessee State 10–194–125th (North)
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Atlantic Sun Conference)(2005–2014)
2005–06 East Tennessee State 15–1312–85th
2006–07 East Tennessee State 24–1016–21st NIT first round
2007–08 East Tennessee State 19–1311–5T–3rd
2008–09 East Tennessee State 23–1014–6T–2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2009–10 East Tennessee State 20–1513–7T–2nd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2010–11 East Tennessee State 24–1216–42nd CIT semifinal
2011–12 East Tennessee State 17–1310–8T–4th
2012–13 East Tennessee State 10–228–10T–7th
2013–14 East Tennessee State 19–1610–84th CIT second round
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Southern Conference)(2014–2015)
2014–15 East Tennessee State 16–148–105th
East Tennessee State:224–165 (.576)127–81 (.611)
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference)(2017)
2016–17 South Florida 1–161–1511th
South Florida:1–16 (.059)1–15 (.063)
UCLA Bruins (Pac-12 Conference)(2018–2019)
2018–19 UCLA 10–109–97th
UCLA:10–10 (.500)9–9 (.500)
Total:338–274 (.552)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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