Tommy Bartlett (basketball)
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Bartlett from 1967 Seminole yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Basketball, tennis |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 6, 1928 Homerville, Georgia |
| Died | October 19, 2016 (aged 88) Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1950–1952 | Tennessee |
| Position(s) |
Guard (basketball) Singles & doubles (tennis) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1953–1957 | Lenoir City HS |
| 1957–1958 | Carson–Newman |
| 1958–1962 | Chattanooga |
| 1962–1966 | Tennessee (Asst.) |
| 1966–1973 | Florida |
| Tennis | |
| 1962–1966 | Tennessee |
| 1979–1990 | Chattanooga |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 168–130 (.564) (Basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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SEC Men's Tennis (1966) SoCon Men's Tennis (1980–1985, 1988, 1989) SoCon Women's Tennis (1984–1986, 1988, 1990) NCAA Division II Women's Tennis (1983–1985) |
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| Awards | |
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SoCon Men's Tennis Coach of the Year (1980–1983, 1985, 1988, 1989) SoCon Women's Tennis Coach of the Year (1986, 1990) |
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Thomas George "Tommy" Bartlett (June 6, 1928 – October 19, 2016) was an American college basketball and tennis player, as well as a college basketball and tennis head coach. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Bartlett served as the men's basketball head coach for Carson-Newman College, the University of Chattanooga (now the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), and the University of Florida, and also as the men's tennis head coach at the University of Tennessee and UT-Chattanooga.
Bartlett was born in Homerville, Georgia and graduated from Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he played for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team from 1949 to 1952 and the Volunteers men's tennis team from 1950 to 1952. In basketball, he was a three-year varsity letterman, team captain, and an All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection at guard as a senior; in tennis, he was a three-year letterman, a two-year starter, and the team captain and an All-SEC selection as a senior. Memorably, Bartlett was undefeated in three seasons on the Volunteers varsity men's tennis team, and won SEC singles tennis championships at No. 6 in 1950, No. 5 in 1951, and No. 3 in 1952, and SEC doubles championships at No. 3 in 1950 and 1951, and No. 2 in 1952. As a senior, Bartlett and was also the third-ranked college basketball player in the percentage of foul shots completed (80.2%), and led the Vols to their first-ever SEC team championship in men's tennis. He graduated from Tennessee in 1952.
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