Editing Sam Barry (section)

==Early career==
Born in [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]], Barry starred in [[High school basketball|basketball]], [[baseball]], and [[High school football|football]] in high school in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. He continued his success at [[Lawrence University|Lawrence College]] in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]],<ref name=sboktcoims22>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RSBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uAoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575%2C4938394 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Sam Barry of Knox to coach at Iowa |date=September 17, 1922 |page=2, sport |access-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527020801/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RSBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uAoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575,4938394 |url-status=dead }}</ref> later completing his degree at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] in Madison. He returned to Madison High School to begin his coaching career, and then became the [[athletic director]] at [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]] in [[Illinois]] from 1918 to 1922, where he also served as coach of football, basketball, baseball, and [[Track and field|track]].<ref name=sboktcoims22/>

In 1922, Barry was named [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|basketball]] coach at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]], and also became a [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|football]] assistant under [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Hawkeyes]] head coach [[Howard Jones (American football coach)|Howard Jones]], an association which would continue for 15 years at two universities. Barry also coached the [[Iowa Hawkeyes baseball|baseball]] team in 1923 and 1924.<ref name=sboktcoims22/>  He led the Hawkeye basketball team to [[Big Ten Conference]] co-championships in 1923 and 1926&mdash;the first two conference titles in team history. In 1929, he wrote a handbook on the sport: "Basketball: Individual Play and Team Play" that featured University of Iowa players and facilities. He also helped Jones guide the football squad to an undefeated 7–0 season in 1922, winning a share of the Big Ten title&mdash;the last for Hawkeyes football until [[1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|1956]].

In 1929, the [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles]] was in need of a new [[USC Trojans men's basketball|basketball]] coach, and Jones&mdash;at USC since 1925&mdash;recommended his old colleague for the position. Barry followed Jones out west, and took over the USC basketball program as well as the [[USC Trojans baseball|baseball]] team, while also resuming his duties as an assistant football coach under Jones. Barry's Trojan basketball teams won [[Pacific Coast Conference]] titles in 1930, 1935, and 1940&mdash;along with eight southern division titles between 1930 and 1940&mdash;and conference crowns in baseball in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949. In 1940, the USC basketball team was widely considered to be the best in the nation, and participated in the nascent [[1940 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]], but they lost their bid for the national title when they were upset in the national semifinal at [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], against [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]], when the son of opposing coach, [[Phog Allen]], made a basket with seconds left for a one-point victory. Despite the loss, the [[Helms Athletic Foundation]] later retroactively selected USC as the 1940 national champions.

Barry was also a valued part of the USC football teams which claimed [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]] in [[1931 USC Trojans football team|1931]], [[1932 USC Trojans football team|1932]], and [[1939 USC Trojans football team|1939]], as well as seven PCC titles and five [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] victories. He was Jones' top assistant on the sidelines from [[1929 USC Trojans football team|1929]] to [[1940 USC Trojans football team|1940]], also serving as the team's chief scout and coach of the "Spartan" scout team. Barry was often credited by the "Headman" with devising the strategies that proved most effective in shutting down opponents. Although such titles were not used at the time, Barry's position would likely have been equivalent to that of the modern [[defensive coordinator]]. The team's football successes included a 25-game winning streak from 1931 to [[1933 USC Trojans football team|1933]], and the undefeated [[1938 USC Trojans football team|1938]] team's 7–3 victory in the [[1939 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]] over [[1938 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke]] — a team which had previously held every opponent scoreless.