College Sports Coach. He was a college basketball, baseball, and football coach at Knox College from 1918 to 1922, the University of Iowa from 1922 to 1929, and the University of Southern California from 1929 to 1950. He coached USC to the Final Four in 1940 and the College World Series title in 1948, becoming one of only three coaches to lead teams to both events. In addition, he served as the defensive coordinator for USC's national championship football teams in 1931, 1932 and 1939, winning the Rose Bowl all three years as well as those following the 1929 and 1938 seasons, before taking over as head coach for the 1941 season following the death of Howard Jones. Barry's Iowa basketball teams won Big Ten titles in 1923 and 1926, and he led USC teams to Pacific Coast Conference championships in 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1940, coaching first-team All-Americans Jerry Nemer, Lee Guttero, Ralph Vaughn and Bill Sharman. Barry's USC baseball teams won conference titles in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; his players included future major leaguers Johnny Berardino, Jim Brideweser and Rod Dedeaux, his protégé who succeeded him as USC's coach and went on to win a record 1,332 games and 10 additional College World Series titles. Barry was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, and was in the inaugural class of inductees to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. He also became a member of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007, and was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2012.
College Sports Coach. He was a college basketball, baseball, and football coach at Knox College from 1918 to 1922, the University of Iowa from 1922 to 1929, and the University of Southern California from 1929 to 1950. He coached USC to the Final Four in 1940 and the College World Series title in 1948, becoming one of only three coaches to lead teams to both events. In addition, he served as the defensive coordinator for USC's national championship football teams in 1931, 1932 and 1939, winning the Rose Bowl all three years as well as those following the 1929 and 1938 seasons, before taking over as head coach for the 1941 season following the death of Howard Jones. Barry's Iowa basketball teams won Big Ten titles in 1923 and 1926, and he led USC teams to Pacific Coast Conference championships in 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1940, coaching first-team All-Americans Jerry Nemer, Lee Guttero, Ralph Vaughn and Bill Sharman. Barry's USC baseball teams won conference titles in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; his players included future major leaguers Johnny Berardino, Jim Brideweser and Rod Dedeaux, his protégé who succeeded him as USC's coach and went on to win a record 1,332 games and 10 additional College World Series titles. Barry was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, and was in the inaugural class of inductees to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. He also became a member of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007, and was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2012.
Bio by: Gary Krause
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