Tony Barbee
Tony Barbee
Anthony Michael "Tony" Barbeeis an American college basketball coach and the former head coach at Auburn University. Barbee played college basketball for the University of Massachusetts under Coach John Calipari. Barbee later served as an assistant under Calipari at Memphis and often cited Calipari as his mentor. Barbee had previously coached at UTEP. On March 24, 2010, Barbee was named the new head coach at Auburn University, becoming Auburn's first African-American head coach in a major sport. Barbee was fired...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 August 1971
blocking game head hitting idaho rare shots
His head was on the rim, blocking like 10 shots a game and hitting 3-point jumpers. It's very rare for someone like him to be overlooked. It's not like he was in Idaho or Montana. He was in Indianapolis.
competition george good island might temple tougher
There might have been a little tougher competition in the A-10 at the time. Temple always had good teams, and George Washington, Rhode Island and St. Joseph's were tough. But there probably isn't a lot of difference.
coach compare easier
You don't compare the teams, you compare the situations. What makes it easier for us now is that coach has the blueprint. He's done this before.