Murry Bartow
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1961 Warrensburg, Missouri |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1985 | UAB |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1987 | Indiana (asst.) |
| 1987–1989 | William & Mary (asst.) |
| 1989–1996 | UAB (asst.) |
| 1996–2002 | UAB |
| 2003–2015 | East Tennessee State |
| 2016-present | USF (asst.) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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SoCon Tournament Championship (2004) SoCon Regular Season Championship (2004) Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship (2007) Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship (2009) Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| SoCon Coach of the Year (2004) | |
Murry Bartow (born August 18, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant basketball coach at the University of South Florida. He was formerly the head men's coach at East Tennessee State University. Prior to accepting the head coaching job at ETSU, he served as the head coach for University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from 1996 to 2002, succeeding his father Gene Bartow, the creator of the Blazers basketball program. At UAB, he compiled a 103–83 record, that included 48 conference wins.
Bartow's first season at ETSU brought division and conference regular season titles and the Southern Conference Tournament championship. The team finished 27–6 (15–1 conference) and ended their season in an 80–77 NCAA tournament opening round loss to the University of Cincinnati. Bartow was named the SoCon Coach of the Year.
Bartow led the Buccaneers to the regular season Atlantic Sun 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.
NCAA tournament appearances earned by automatic bid for winning A-Sun Conference Tournament championship followed the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.
Overall, Bartow lead the Bucs to three NCAA appearances in his tenure at ETSU. After a change in the school president and AD, and even with a winning record, Bartow was released at the end of 2015.
Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, Bartow holds a BA from UAB and a master's degree from Indiana University.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| UAB (Conference USA) (1996–2002) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | UAB | 18–14 | 7–7 | 2nd (Red) | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1997–98 | UAB | 21–12 | 10–6 | 2nd (National) | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 1998–99 | UAB | 20–12 | 10–6 | 1st (National) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1999–00 | UAB | 14–14 | 7–9 | T–3rd (National) | |||||
| 2000–01 | UAB | 17–14 | 8–8 | 4th (National) | |||||
| 2001–02 | UAB | 13–17 | 6–10 | T–4th (National) | |||||
| UAB: | 103–83 (.554) | 48–46 (.511) | |||||||
| East Tennessee State (Southern Conference) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | East Tennessee State | 27–6 | 15–1 | 1st (North) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2004–05 | East Tennessee State | 10–19 | 4–12 | 5th (North) | |||||
| East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun Conference/Southern Conference) (2005–2015) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | East Tennessee State | 15–13 | 12–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2006–07 | East Tennessee State | 24–10 | 16–2 | 1st | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2007–08 | East Tennessee State | 19–13 | 11–5 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2008–09 | East Tennessee State | 23–10 | 14–6 | T–2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | East Tennessee State | 20–15 | 13–7 | T–2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2010–11 | East Tennessee State | 24–12 | 16–4 | 2nd | CIT Semifinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | East Tennessee State | 17–13 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 2012–13 | East Tennessee State | 10–22 | 8–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 2013–14 | East Tennessee State | 19–16 | 10–8 | 4th | CIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2014–15 | East Tennessee State | 16–14 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
| East Tennessee State: | 224–169 (.570) | 127–81 (.611) | |||||||
| Total: | 317–238 (.571) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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