Murry Bartow
Murry Bartow (born August 18, 1961)
Teams coached: UAB Blazers, East Tennessee State Buccaneers, South Florida Bulls, UCLA Bruins
UAB record: 103-83 (.554)
East Tennessee State record: 224-165 (.576)
South Florida record: 1-16 (.059)
UCLA: 10-10 (.500)
Overall record: 338-274 (.552)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1999, 2004, 2009, 2010)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1997, 1998, 2007)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2014)
- Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champion: 1 (2007)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 1 (1999)
- Atlantic Sun Tournament Champion: 2 (2009, 2010)
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 1 (2004)
Awards:
- Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year: 1 (2007)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2019 | UCLA (interim HC) |
| 2018 | UCLA (asst) |
| 2017 | South Florida (interim HC) |
| 2016-2017 | South Florida (asst) |
| 2003-2015 | East Tennessee State |
| 1996-2002 | UAB |
| 1989-1996 | UAB (asst) |
| 1987-1989 | William & Mary (asst) |
| 1985-1987 | Indiana (grad. asst) |
Murry Bartow Facts
- Murry Linn Bartow
- Born August 18, 1961
- Hometown: Warrensburg, Missouri
- Alma Mater: University of Alabama at Birmingham (BA, 1985) / Indiana University (MA, 1987)
- Father is College Hall of Fame head coach Gene Bartow, who coached at UAB, UCLA, Illinois, Memphis and Valparaiso
- Went to high school in Birmingham, AL before playing for his father at UAB
- Spent two years as a graduate assistant under Bob Knight at Indiana, including the Hoosiers’ 1987 National Championship run
- Next spent two seasons as an assistant coach at William & Mary under Chuck Swenson
- Joined his father’s staff at UAB in 1989, remaining an assistant for seven seasons before taking over as head coach in 1996
- Ran program for eight seasons including the Blazers’ 1999 NCAA Tournament berth and a shared Conference USA title
- Was the head coach at East Tennessee State for twelve seasons, making six postseason appearances (three NCAAs)
- Joined Orlando Antigua‘s staff at South Florida as an assistant in 2016
- Named interim head coach in January 2017 after Antigua’s dismissal, going 1-16 record over the remainder of the season
- Was hired by Steve Alford as an assistant coach at UCLA in April 2018
- Named the Bruins’ interim head coach after Alford was fired on December 31, 2018; became the head coach at UCLA 41 years after his father, Gene, last coached there
- Along with his wife, Tammy, has three sons
Murry Bartow Coaching Tree
- Andy Kennedy (UAB, Ole Miss, Cincinnati)
- Tom Schuberth (UT-Pan American)
