Thomas Barrise was an American basketball coach in the National Basketball Association.
15 Facts About Tom Barrise
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Tom Barrise was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on February 3,1954.
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Tom Barrise graduated from Don Bosco Technical High School, where he played prep soccer.
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Tom Barrise studied at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was a two-sport athlete in basketball and soccer.
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Tom Barrise acted as head coach of Ramapo College from 1992 to 1995.
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Tom Barrise concurrently worked for the Cleveland Cavaliers as an advance scout until 1996.
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Tom Barrise coached basketball at his alma mater FDU, Saint Peter's University, Fairfield University, East Carolina University, Jacksonville University, and William Paterson University.
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Tom Barrise subsequently joined the New Jersey Nets as an advance scout around 1996 and served in that capacity for eight seasons.
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Tom Barrise was eventually promoted to assistant coach when Lawrence Frank became head coach of the franchise in January 2004, with Barrise swapping roles with Don Newman.
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Tom Barrise oversaw a further two losses, which established a new record for most consecutive losses to start an NBA season.
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Tom Barrise was succeeded as head coach by Kiki Vandeweghe, the Nets general manager at the time, and served briefly as his assistant before being appointed special assistant to team president Rod Thorn on January 17,2010.
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Tom Barrise was a candidate to become head coach of the FDU Knights, but did not get the job.
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Tom Barrise later went on to hold scouting positions for the Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and was on the Cleveland Cavaliers staff when he died.
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Tom Barrise was engaged to Linda Krissi at the time of his death.
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Tom Barrise was previously married to Mary, with whom he had one child, Taylor.