Sport(s) Basketball 1989–1996 UAB (asst.) Spouse Tammy Earley 1987–1989 William & Mary (asst.) Role Basketball Coach | 1985–1987 Indiana (asst.) Name Murry Bartow 1980–1985 UAB 1996–2002 UAB Parents Gene Bartow, Ruth Bartow | |
Born August 18, 1961 (age 62)
Warrensburg, Missouri ( 1961-08-18 ) Team East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball Education University of Alabama at Birmingham Children Stephen Bartow, Connor Bartow, Alec Bartow Similar People Gene Bartow, Jerod Haase, Carol Garrison, John W Kirklin | ||
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Murry Linn Bartow (born (1961-08-18)August 18, 1961) is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the interim head coach at University of South Florida and 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.
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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 led 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.
Bartow was hired as an assistant coach at USF in August 2016.
He was named interim head coach on January 3, 2017 following the firing of head coach Orlando Antigua.
Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, Bartow holds a BA from UAB and a master's degree from Indiana University.