Tony Barbee
At Kentucky's 2015 Blue-White scrimmage
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 10, 1971 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | UMass |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1998 | UMass (GA/Asst.) |
| 1998–1999 | Wyoming (Asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | UMass (Asst.) |
| 2000–2006 | Memphis (Asst.) |
| 2006–2010 | UTEP |
| 2010–2014 | Auburn |
| 2014–2015 | Kentucky (Spec. Asst.) |
| 2015–present | Kentucky (Asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 131–127 (.508) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA) 3–2 (CBI) 0–4 (SEC) 4–4 (C-USA) |
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Anthony Michael "Tony" Barbee (born August 10, 1971) is 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 on March 12, 2014 after four years on the job. On Aug. 1, 2014, he was hired as special assistant to the head coach at University of Kentucky under Calipari. The following season, he was promoted to assistant coach to replace Barry Rohrssen, who left Kentucky to join the staff of head coach Chris Mullin at St. John's.
Barbee was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up as a fan of the nearby Butler University Bulldogs. Butler recruited him to play for the team, but Barbee chose to play for UMass instead. In his four years as a Minuteman, Barbee averaged double-figures in scoring every year. He finished with 1,643 career points. The Atlantic 10 named him to the league Freshman Team in 1989–90, and the Second Team in 1990–91 and 1992–93. The Minutemen compiled a 91–39 (.700) overall record during Barbee's four years, and advanced to two NITs and two NCAA Tournaments. He graduated from UMass in 1993 with a degree in Sports Management.
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