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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 Tournament championships in 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 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>
 
===University of South Florida===
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 1-16 record during his time as interim head coach.<ref name="LA Times"/>
 
===UCLA===
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|work=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'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 73-58 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'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'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>
 
Bartow compiled a 10–10 record as interim head coach at UCLA, including a 9–9 record in regular season Pac-12 games. The Bruins defeated Stanford in the first round of the [[2019 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|Pac-12 Tournament]] before losing to [[2018–19 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team|Arizona State]] in the quarterfinals. Afterwards, Bartow stated that he was not interested in having his interim tag removed, and expressed optimism that UCLA would "hire a very good coach".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Joey|title=UCLA falls to Arizona State in Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals|date=March 15, 2019|newspaper=Orange County Register|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2019/03/14/ucla-falls-to-arizona-state-in-pac-12-tournament-quarterfinals/|accessdateaccess-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Born in [[Warrensburg, Missouri]], Bartow holds a B.A. from [[UAB]] and a master's degree from [[Indiana University]]. 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 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'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>
 
==Head coaching record==