William Leon Barmore was born on June 3,1944 and is a college women's basketball coach best known for his 35-year association with the Louisiana Tech University Lady Techsters.
14 Facts About Leon Barmore
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Leon Barmore was born June 3,1944, in Ruston, Louisiana, to Jasper Leon Barmore and Flora McCurry.
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Leon Barmore earned All-State honors as a basketball player at Ruston High School, helping his team to two state championships.
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Leon Barmore went on to play basketball at Louisiana Tech, serving as captain of the team and earned Gulf States All-Conference honors.
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Leon Barmore joined the Louisiana Tech staff in 1977, nominally as Hogg's top assistant.
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Leon Barmore was named associate head coach in 1980 and co-head coach in 1982.
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Leon Barmore took over the reins full-time in 1985, when Hogg left Ruston.
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In 20 years as either co-head coach or head coach, Leon Barmore never suffered a losing season and only failed to win 20 games once.
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Leon Barmore tallied an amazing 13 30-plus win campaigns while coaching the Lady Techsters to 20 straight NCAA Tournaments, nine Final Fours, five national championship games and the 1988 national title.
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Leon Barmore led Tech to 13 regular season titles in 15 years as a member of either the American South, Sun Belt or Western Athletic conferences, including 10 in a row from 1992 to 2002.
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Leon Barmore was the fastest to reach 450 victories, achieving that accomplishment in 520 games.
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Leon Barmore coached 12 Kodak All-Americans, 14 players who have been selected in the WNBA Draft, and 37 first team all-conference selections.
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In 2008, Leon decided to resume his coaching career at Baylor University, where he was an assistant under former Louisiana Tech player Kim Mulkey, who played under Barmore from 1980 to 1984 and was his top assistant from 1985 to 2000.
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Eight former assistant coaches under head coach Leon Barmore have become head women's basketball coaches.