Murry Bartow: Difference between revisions

| caption = Bartow in 2013

| birth_place = [[Warrensburg, Missouri]], U.S.

| coach_team3 = [[UAB Blazers men's basketball|UAB]] (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 2018–present2018–2019

| overall_record = 333–274338–274

| tournament_record = 0–4 ([[NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Division I]])<br>1–3 ([[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]])<br>3–2 ([[CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament|CIT]])

| championships = [[Southern Conference Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|SoCon Tournamenttournament]] ([[2004 Southern Conference Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|2004]])<br />[[Southern Conference|SoCon]] regular season (2004)<br />[[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun]] regular season (2007)<br />2 [[Atlantic Sun Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|Atlantic Sun Tournamenttournament]] ([[2009 Atlantic Sun Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|2009]], [[2010 Atlantic Sun Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|2010]])

'''Murry Linn Bartow''' (born August 18, 1961) is an American former [[college basketball]] coach who is the interim head coach for the [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA Bruins]]. As the head coach of the [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball|East Tennessee State Buccaneers]], he was twice named the conference coach of the year, first in the [[Southern Conference]] in 2004 and later in the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] in 2007. He was later an interim head coach with the [[South Florida Bulls men's basketball|South Florida Bulls]] and [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA Bruins]].

Bartow served as the head coach for his alma mater [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (UAB) from 1996 to 2002, succeeding his father [[Gene Bartow|Gene]], the creator of the [[UAB Blazers men's basketball]] program. At UAB, he compiled a 103–83 overall record with a conference mark of 48–46 and one NCAA Tournament appearance.

Bartow was the men's head basketball coach at [[East Tennessee State University]] (ETSU) from 2003 to 2015. Bartow's first season at ETSU brought division and conference regular season titles and the [[Southern Conference]] (SoCon) Tournament championship. The team finished 27–6 (15–1 conference) and ended their season in an 80–77 [[2004 NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Tournamenttournament]] opening round loss to [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|Cincinnati]]. Bartow was named the SoCon Coach of the Year.

Bartow led the Buccaneers to the regular season [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] 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. The Buccaneers earned NCAA tournament appearances for winning A-Sun Conference Tournamenttournament championships in the 2008–09 and 2009-102009–10 seasons.

Overall, Bartow led the Bucs to three [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] appearances in his tenure at ETSU. After a change in the school president and athletic director, Bartow was released at the end of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12470420/etsu-buccaneers-fire-murry-bartow-coach|title=Murry Bartow fired at ETSU|date=Mar 12, 2015|first=Jeff|last= Goodman|work=ESPN|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>

Bartow was hired as an assistant coach at the [[University of South Florida]] (USF) in August 2016.<ref name="USF bio">{{cite web|url=https://gousfbulls.com/news/2016/8/16/211126793.aspx|title=Bartow Hired as Assistant Basketball Coach|work=University of South Florida|date=August 16, 2016|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>

He was named interim head coach on January 3, 2017 following the firing of head coach [[Orlando Antigua]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gousfbulls.com/news/2017/1/3/211389214.aspx|title=Men's Basketball Head Coaching Change|work=University of South Florida|date=January 3, 2017|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> Bartow led the team to a 1-161–16 record during his time as interim head coach.<ref name="LA Times"/>

In April 2018, Bartow was hired by [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]] head coach [[Steve Alford]] as an assistant coach to replace the fired [[David Grace (basketball)|David Grace]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bolch|first1=Ben|title=Steve Alford to replace assistant coach and recruiting coordinator David Grace|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-basketball-grace-20180414-story.html|accessdateaccess-date=16 April 2018|publisherwork=Los Angeles Times|date=14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2018/4/16/murry-bartow-named-mens-basketball-assistant-coach.aspx|title=Murry Bartow Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach|work=UCLA|date=April 16, 2018|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> On December 31, 2018, Bartow was named the interim head coach after Alford was fired in the middle of the [[2018–19 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|2018–19 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25651854/ucla-bruins-fire-coach-steve-alford-woeful-start-season|title=UCLA fires Steve Alford after woeful start to season|work=ESPN|date=January 2, 2019|first=Jeff|last=Borzello|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> The Bruins had begun the season 4–0 and ranked No. 17 in the [[AP Poll]],<ref name=nypost_12312018>{{cite news|title=Steve Alford’sAlford's UCLA run ends with Liberty rock bottom|date=December 31, 2018|newspaper=New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2018/12/31/steve-alfords-ucla-run-ends-with-liberty-rockbottom/|accessdateaccess-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> but they lost six of the next nine and finished with a 7–6 record in nonconference play, closing it out with four straight losses.<ref name=nypost_12312018/><ref name=bolch_12292018>{{cite news|last=Bolch|first=Ben|title=UCLA suffers disappointing 73-5873–58 loss to Liberty, the Bruins' fourth straight defeat|date=December 29, 2018|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-liberty-20181229-story.html|accessdateaccess-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> Under Bartow, UCLA opened conference play 2–0 at home against [[San Francisco Bay Area]] schools [[2018–19 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team|Stanford]] and [[2018–19 California Golden Bears men's basketball team|California]].<ref name=bennett_01072019>{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Brain|title=Bennett on basketball: Bartow doubles down in attempt to turn UCLA’sUCLA's season around|date=January 7, 2019|publisher=Bay Area News Group|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/07/bennett-on-basketball-bartow-doubles-down-in-attempt-to-turn-uclas-season-around/|accessdateaccess-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref> Emphasizing the team's speed and athleticism,<ref name=bennett_01072019/> he had the Bruins play more aggressive, trapping and applying pressure on defense and attacking on offense by running on both missed and made baskets. Six Bruins scored in double figures against Cal after five reached the threshold against the Cardinal. In their 13 non-conference games under Alford, UCLA never had more than four double-figure scorers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolch|first=Ben|title=UCLA relies on faster tempo and more pressure to rout California|date=January 5, 2019|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-california-20190105-story.html|accessdateaccess-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Thuc Nhi|title=UCLA men’smen's basketball takes team-first attitude to beat Cal|date=January 5, 2019|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/05/ucla-mens-basketball-uses-defense-to-offset-sloppiness-and-beat-cal/|accessdateaccess-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>

Born in [[Warrensburg, Missouri]], Bartow holds a B.A. from [[UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham]] and a master's degree from [[Indiana University Bloomington]]. He is married to his wife Tammy (née Earley), and they have 3 children together.<ref name="USF bio" />

His father, [[Gene Bartow|Gene]], was also a Hall of Fame college basketball coach, coaching UCLA and UAB, among other schools.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-pac-12-basketball-20190102-story.html|title=All these years later, Murry Bartow hopes to get UCLA’sUCLA's basketball team going in the right direction|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Ben|last=Bolch|date=January 2, 2019|accessdateaccess-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>

| postseason = [[1997 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Firstfirst Roundround]]

| postseason = [[1998 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Secondsecond Roundround]]

| postseason = [[1999 NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]

| name = [[2003–04 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team|East Tennessee State]]

| postseason = [[2004 NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]

| name = [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball|East Tennessee State Buccaneers]]

| postseason = [[2007 National Invitation Tournament|NIT Firstfirst Roundround]]

| name = [[2008–09 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team|East Tennessee State]]

| postseason = [[2009 NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]

| name = [[2009–10 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team|East Tennessee State]]

| postseason = [[2010 NCAA Division I Menmen's Basketballbasketball Tournamenttournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]

| postseason = [[2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|CIT Semifinalsemifinal]]

| postseason = [[2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament|CIT Secondsecond Roundround]]

| name = [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball|East Tennessee State Buccaneers]]

| conference = [[Southern Conference]]

| endyear = 2019

| overall = 6–710–10

| conference = 6–79–9

| confstanding = 7th

| overall = 6–710–10 ({{winpct|610|710}})

| confrecord = 6–79–9 ({{winpct|69|79}})

| overall = 334–275338–274 ({{winpct|334338|275274}})

[[Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball coaches]]