Bobby "Gene" Bartow
Alma Mater:
Northeast Missouri State
Class of:
Hometown:
Browning, MO
- NABC national coach of the year in 1973
- Reached NCAA Final Four two times--1973 (runner-up with Memphis State) and 1976 (third with UCLA)
- Coach of NIT third-place teams in 1989 and 1993
- Coach of four Sun Belt Conference Tournament champions--1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987
- UAB's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara under Art Gallon for one season in 1960-61
- Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI/USA)--1972 (13/13), 1973 (12/11), 1976 (5/5), 1977 (2/4), 1982 (17/NR), 1985 (NR/NR/21) and 1994 (NR/25/NR)
- Final Division II Top 10 Rankings (one)--1966 (10)
- Major-College All-Americans (four): Memphis State's Larry Finch (1973) and Larry Kenon (1973) and UCLA's Marques Johnson (1976 and 1977) and Richard Washington (1976).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central Missouri State | 16-6 | 7-3 | 3rd | MIAA | DNP | |
Central Missouri State | 17-6 | 7-3 | T-2nd | MIAA | DNP | |
Central Missouri State | 14-9 | 6-4 | T-2nd | MIAA | DNP | |
13-12 | 5-7 | T-3rd | ICC | DNP | ||
19-9 | 7-5 | 4th | ICC | NCAA DII (1-1) | ||
21-8 | 7-5 | 2nd | ICC | NCAA DII (2-1) | ||
11-15 | 3-9 | 6th | ICC | DNP | ||
16-12 | 4-4 | T-2nd | ICC | NCAA DII (1-1) | ||
13-13 | 2-6 | 5th | ICC | DNP | ||
Memphis State | 18-8 | 8-6 | T-4th | DNP | ||
Memphis State* | 21-7 | 12-2 | T-1st | NIT (0-1) | ||
Memphis State | 24-6 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | ||
Memphis State | 19-11 | NIT (1-1) | ||||
8-18 | 4-14 | T-9th | Probation | |||
27-5 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
24-5 | 11-3 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
15-11 | DNP | |||||
18-12 | 10-4 | T-2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
23-9 | 9-3 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
25-6 | 9-1 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
19-14 | 9-5 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-11 | 8-6 | 5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-9 | 11-3 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
25-11 | 9-5 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
21-11 | 10-4 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
16-15 | 7-7 | 5th | DNP | |||
22-12 | 8-6 | 4th | NIT (4-1) | |||
22-9 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
18-13 | 9-5 | 2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
20-9 | 4-6 | 5th | NIT (0-1) | |||
21-14 | 5-5 | 4th | NIT (4-1) | |||
22-8 | 8-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
14-16 | 5-7 | 6th | DNP | |||
16-14 | 6-8 | T-2nd | C-USA (Red) | DNP |
* Lost Missouri Valley Conference playoff game against regular-season co-champion Louisville (83-72) for automatic berth in NCAA Tournament.
- 34-Year Coaching Record: 646-354 (.646) overall if don't include forfeit victory over Oregon State in 1975-76
- 47-21 (.691) in three years at Central Missouri State
- 93-69 (.574) in six years at Valparaiso
- 82-32 (.719) in four years at Memphis State
- 8-18 (.308) in one year at Illinois
- 51-10 (.836) in two years at UCLA
- 365-204 (.641) in 18 years at UAB
- 20-10 (.667) in Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 28-36 (.438) in Indiana Collegiate Conference
- 32-10 (.762) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 4-14 (.222) in Big Ten Conference
- 23-5 (.821) in Pacific-10 Conference
- 111-51 (.685) in Sun Belt Conference
- 22-22 (.500) in Great Midwest Conference
- 6-8 (.429) in Conference USA
- 19-8 (.704) in Sun Belt Tournament
- 0-4 (.000) in Great Midwest Tournament
- 0-1 (.000) in C-USA Tournament
- 4-3 (.571) in NCAA Division II Tournament with Valparaiso
- 14-12 (.538) in NCAA Division I Tournament
- 9-7 (.563) in NIT