Murry Bartow

Murry Bartow

File:Murry Bartow 2013.jpg
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1961-08-18) August 18, 1961 Warrensburg, Missouri
Playing career
1980–1985	UAB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987	Indiana (asst.)
1987–1989	William & Mary (asst.)
1989–1996	UAB (asst.)
1996–2002	UAB
2003–2015	East Tennessee State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SoCon Tournament Championship (2004) SoCon Regular Season Championship (2004) Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship (2007) Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship (2009) Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship (2010)
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (2004)

Murry Bartow (born (1961-08-18)August 18, 1961) is an American college basketball coach, most recently 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.

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 lead 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.

Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, Bartow holds a BA from UAB and a master's degree from Indiana University.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UAB (Conference USA) (1996–2002)
1996–97	UAB	18–14	7–7	2nd (Red)	NIT 1st Round
1997–98	UAB	21–12	10–6	2nd (National)	NIT 2nd Round
1998–99	UAB	20–12	10–6	1st (National)	NCAA 1st Round
1999–00	UAB	14–14	7–9	T–3rd (National)
2000–01	UAB	17–14	8–8	4th (National)
2001–02	UAB	13–17	6–10	T–4th (National)
UAB:		103–83 (.554)	48–46 (.511)
East Tennessee State (Southern Conference) (2003–2005)
2003–04	East Tennessee State	27–6	15–1	1st (North)	NCAA 1st Round
2004–05	East Tennessee State	10–19	4–12	5th (North)
East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun Conference/Southern Conference) (2005–2015)
2005–06	East Tennessee State	15–13	12–8	5th
2006–07	East Tennessee State	24–10	16–2	1st	NIT 1st Round
2007–08	East Tennessee State	19–13	11–5	T–3rd
2008–09	East Tennessee State	23–10	14–6	T–2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2009–10	East Tennessee State	20–15	13–7	T–2nd	NCAA 1st Round
2010–11	East Tennessee State	24–12	16–4	2nd	CIT Semifinals
2011–12	East Tennessee State	17–13	10–8	T–4th
2012–13	East Tennessee State	10–22	8–10	T–7th
2013–14	East Tennessee State	19–16	10–8	4th	CIT 2nd Round
2014–15	East Tennessee State	16–14	8–10	5th
East Tennessee State:		224–169 (.570)	127–81 (.611)
Total:		317–238 (.571)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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