Gene Bartow
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1930 Browning, Missouri |
| Died | January 3, 2012 (aged 81) Birmingham, Alabama |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961–1964 | Central Missouri State |
| 1964–1970 | Valparaiso |
| 1970–1974 | Memphis |
| 1974–1975 | Illinois |
| 1975–1977 | UCLA |
| 1978–1996 | UAB |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1977–2000 | UAB |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 647–353 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Missouri State High School Activities Assoc. (1957) Missouri Valley Conference (1971–72), (1972–73) Pac-8 Conference (1975–76), (1976–77) Sun Belt Conference (1980–81), (1981–82), (1989–90) |
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| Awards | |
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Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (1989) National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2009) |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2009 |
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B. Gene Bartow (August 18, 1930 – January 3, 2012) was an American men's college basketball coach. The Browning, Missouri, native coached 36 years at six universities after coaching two high schools in Missouri for six years. In 1972 Bartow coached the Puerto Rico national basketball team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
Bartow began his coaching at the prep level in Missouri, coaching Shelbina and St. Charles High School basketball squads to a 145–39 win-loss mark in six seasons. His 1957 St. Charles team won the state championship, defeating North Kansas City in the Class L finals by a score of 60–54.
Bartow coached at Central Missouri State University from 1961 to 1964, Valparaiso University from 1964 to 1970, and Memphis State University from 1970 until 1974, and he led the Memphis State Tigers to the 1973 NCAA national championship game and consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles in the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons. He coached the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.
Bartow signed a five-year contract to replace Harv Schmidt at the University of Illinois in 1974. A last-place team the previous campaign, the Fighting Illini finished tied for ninth in the Big Ten at 8–18 (4–14 in the conference) in 1975, Bartow's only season there. Despite this, he was the first Illini coach to extensively recruit talented African American high school players from the Chicago area. He was succeeded by Lou Henson.
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