Sam Barry
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1892–1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American coach. For the American author, see Sam Barry (author). For the Irish tennis player, see Sam Barry (tennis).
Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry (December 17, 1892 – September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports - football, baseball, and basketball. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series. Barry, and four of his USC players (Jack Gardner, Alex Hannum, Tex Winter and Bill Sharman), have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches; Sharman was also inducted as a player.
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1892-12-17)December 17, 1892 Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S. |
Died | September 23, 1950(1950-09-23) (aged 57) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1918–1922 | Knox (IL) |
1922–1929 | Iowa |
1929–1941 | USC |
1945–1950 | USC |
Football | |
1918–1921 | Knox (IL) |
1922–1928 | Iowa (assistant) |
1929–1940 | USC (assistant) |
1941 | USC |
1945–1950 | USC (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1923–1924 | Iowa |
1930–1942 | USC |
1946–1950 | USC |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 17–18–5 (football) 360–207 (basketball) 361–141–4 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball
Baseball | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1979 (profile) | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |
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