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Leon Barmore

American basketball player-coach · United States · On the map · Basketball Players · Born 1944 · age 82

William Leon Barmore is a former college women's basketball head coach best known for his 35-year association with the Louisiana Tech University Lady Techsters.

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Career 1

ClubYearsMatchesGoals
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters

Awards

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame2003

About this person

After five years as an assistant coach, he served as head coach from 1982 to 2002, serving the first three years as co-head coach with Sonja Hogg, who had begun the program in 1974. Upon his retirement, Barmore's .869 winning percentage was the best in major college basketball history, for both men and women's basketball. His nine appearances in the Final Four was second most in NCAA women's basketball history, and as of 2023 it is tied for fourth most all-time. Barmore was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.

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Country
United States
Category
Basketball Players
Type
Basketball Player
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82