# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-barone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:38.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-barone"
name: "Tony Barone"
slug: "tony-barone"
description: "Anthony Andrew Barone Sr. was an American basketball coach and scout. A native of Chicago, he was head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Barone was appointed as the team's interim coach by Grizzlies general manager Jerry West after West fired Mike Fratello on December 28, 2006. Prior to landing his first head coaching job after Fratello's dismissal, Barone had served as an assistant coach for five seasons. Barone was also the Grizzlies' director of player personnel."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1946–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Barone_(Duke_Chronicle_1967-12-13).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1946-07-20"
deathDate: "2019-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.89
  momentum:             1.967213114754098
  historical:           6.545321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D"
    title: "トニー・バローネ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "توني بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "تونى بارون (مدرب كورة سله من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Barone"
    title: "Tony Barone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Barone"
    title: "Tony Barone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Barone"
    title: "Tony Barone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Barone"
    title: "Tony Barone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3993191"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump