![]() Diana Natalicio and Bob Stull for giving me the opportunity to lead the basketball program at such a prestigious university," Barbee said. We feel Tony can carry on the tradition of excellence established by coach Don Haskins and maintained over the years." ![]() We have enjoyed a strong run with 72 wins in three years, and three straight postseason tournaments. "He is recognized as a tremendous recruiter. "Tony has been extremely successful as a player and coach, going to 15 consecutive postseason tournaments," Stull said. However, we believe Tony is the right choice to lead the program at this time. Fortunately we had an outstanding group of candidates, all of whom we feel would have been successful here. I think it's a great move for him and his family, but it certainly put a lot of pressure on us to make some quick decisions with school starting next week. "It has been a fast and furious process," Stull said. Barbee succeeds Doc Sadler, who recently accepted the head coaching position at the University of Nebraska. TEP Director of Athletics Bob Stull named Tony Barbee as the school's 17th men's basketball head coach on Monday. Tony Barbee Named Men's Basketball Head Coach at UTEP He played two seasons professionally - one for Cornella in Barcelona, Spain, in 1993-94 and one for LaRochelle in France in 1994-95. As a player, he finished his career fourth on the all-time UMass scoring list with 1,643 points. Barbee has been an assistant at his alma mater and at Wyoming. ![]() Barbee has been named one of the nation's top assistants by HoopScoop magazine, one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation by and the top assistant coach in Conference USA by Street & Smith magazine.īarbee is originally from Indianapolis and played for Calipari at the University of Massachusetts. During that span, the Tigers have five consecutive 20-win seasons and have been ranked in the nation's top 25 in each of the past three years. ![]() Stull interviewed UTEP assistants Randall Dickey and Tony Benford on Thursday in El Paso and talked with former Arkansas head coach Nolan Richardson on Sunday morning in El Paso.īarbee has been an assistant coach under John Calipari at Memphis for the past five years. Stull interviewed Texas A&M assistant Alvin Brooks, LSU assistant Butch Pierre, Kansas assistant Tim Jankovich, Texas assistant Rodney Terry and Sam Houston State head coach Bob Marlin on Friday in Dallas. UTEP athletic director Bob Stull interviewed Barbee on Saturday morning in Dallas. Tony Barbee is the new coach and he will fly into El Paso on Monday morning with his wife and two children and there will probably be a press conference Monday afternoon."īarbee will become the University of Texas at El Paso's first black head coach. today at the Durham Athletic Center to announce that Tony Barbee, a 35-year-old assistant coach at Memphis, has been named UTEP's head basketball coach, school officials said.īarbee was unavailable for comment Sunday, but one source close to the search said, "It's a done deal, 100 percent. News conference has been scheduled for 4 p.m. Tony Barbee hired as head coach at UTEP Coverage from:Įl Paso Times - 8/14 announcement expected ![]()
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