1. Bobby Gene Bartow was an American men's college basketball coach.
12 Facts About Gene Bartow
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In 1972 Bartow coached the Puerto Rico national basketball team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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Gene Bartow coached the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.
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Gene Bartow signed a five-year contract to replace Harv Schmidt at the University of Illinois in 1974 but stayed only one year.
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Gene Bartow left the Midwest for Los Angeles to succeed coaching legend John Wooden as the head coach at UCLA.
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Gene Bartow served as the Blazers' first head basketball coach and athletic director for 18 years.
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Gene Bartow led UAB to the NIT in 1980, the program's second year of existence, and followed that up with seven straight NCAA tournament appearances, including advancements to the Sweet Sixteen in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982.
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Gene Bartow retired from coaching in 1996, and in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venue Gene Bartow Arena in his honor.
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In 1989, Gene Bartow was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 10 years later, in 1999, Central Missouri State elected him to theirs.
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Gene Bartow was voted one of Valparaiso University's 150 most influential people in October 2009.
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Gene Bartow was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City on November 22,2009, along with fellow inductees Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Wayman Tisdale, Jud Heathcote, Walter Byers, Travis Grant and Bill Wall.
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In 2013, Gene Bartow was selected for induction into the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hall of Fame.