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{{Short description|American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1892–1950)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Sam Barry
| image = Sam Barry c 1950.jpeg
| alt = 
| caption = Sam Barry from the 1950 "El Rodeo"
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|12|17}}
| birth_place = [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|9|23|1892|12|17}}
| death_place = [[Berkeley, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| coach_sport1 = Basketball
| coach_years2 = 1918–1922
| coach_team2 = [[Knox Prairie Fire men's basketball|Knox (IL)]]
| coach_years3 = 1922–1929
| coach_team3 = [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa]]
| coach_years4 = 1929–1941
| coach_team4 = [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]]
| coach_years5 = 1945–1950
| coach_team5 = [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]]
| coach_sport6 = Football
| coach_years7 = 1918–1921
| coach_team7 = [[Knox Prairie Fire football|Knox (IL)]]
| coach_years8 = 1922–1928
| coach_team8 = [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]] (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1929–1940
| coach_team9 = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (assistant)
| coach_years10 = 1941
| coach_team10 = [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
| coach_years11 = 1945–1950
| coach_team11 = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (assistant)
| coach_sport12 = Baseball
| coach_years13 = 1923–1924
| coach_team13 = [[Iowa Hawkeyes baseball|Iowa]]
| coach_years14 = 1930–1942
| coach_team14 = [[USC Trojans baseball|USC]]
| coach_years15 = 1946–1950
| coach_team15 = [[USC Trojans baseball|USC]]
| overall_record = 17–18–5 (football)<br>360–207 (basketball)<br>361–141–4 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = '''Basketball'''
* 2 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1923, 1926)
* 4 [[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]] (1930, 1933, 1935, 1940)
* 6 [[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]] South Division (1930, 1933–1935, 1939–1940)
'''Baseball'''
* [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|NCAA]] ([[1948 NCAA Baseball Tournament|1948]])
* 10 [[Pacific Coast Conference|PCC]] regular season (1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1946–1949)
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
| BASKHOF_year = 1979
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
| BASKHOF_id = justin-m-sam-barry
}}

'''Justin McCarthy''' "'''Sam'''" '''Barry''' (December 17, 1892 – September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate [[coach (sport)|coach]] who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports - football, baseball, and basketball. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four|Final Four]] and the [[College World Series]]. Barry, and four of his USC players ([[Jack Gardner (basketball)|Jack Gardner]], [[Alex Hannum]], [[Tex Winter]] and [[Bill Sharman]]), have been inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] as coaches; Sharman was also inducted as a player.

==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.

==The 1940s==
After Jones' sudden death from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in July 1941,<ref name=hjuscscb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xTwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=01oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2890%2C867624 |newspaper=Victoria Advocate |location=Texas |agency=United Press |title=Howard Jones of U.S.C. succumbs |date=July 28, 1941 |page=2 }}</ref> Barry was a natural choice to take over the reins of the football team and became head coach of all three major team sports simultaneously. He had not been without success as a head coach himself; his Knox College teams posted a record of 15–12–4 from 1918 to 1921, including a perfect 8–0 mark in 1919.  The [[1941 USC Trojans football team|1941]] USC football team finished with a losing record at 2–6–1. Not only was the team mourning the loss of Jones, but Barry also found himself facing a schedule in which a majority of USC's opponents were coached by future Hall of Famers, including [[Paul Brown]], [[Frank Leahy]], and [[Clark Shaughnessy]].  Injuries and illnesses also took their toll, depleting the roster at one point to a mere 28 players.  Despite these roadblocks, Barry put together a team which improved offensively throughout the year, gaining popularity as the season progressed.  The crowd of 86,305 at the USC–[[1941 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]] game was the largest in the nation in [[1941 college football season|1941]]. And the team made some upsets, defeating [[1942 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]]-bound [[1941 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]], and nearly toppled fourth-ranked [[1941 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] on the road in [[Notre Dame, Indiana|Indiana]], falling by only two points.

In 1942, other concerns took precedence as the 49-year-old Barry entered the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] for service during [[World War II]].<ref name=sbgnnp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NbBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5577%2C6634718 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Sam Barry given new Navy post |date= June 1, 1943|page=8 }}</ref> He recommended [[Jeff Cravath]] to take over his duties as USC football coach,<ref name=jcgajatc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pu8ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2SIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2586%2C1154196 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Jeff Cravath given job as Trojan coach |date=March 19, 1942 |page=9, part 2 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427221946/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pu8ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2SIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2586,1154196 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Julie Bescos as basketball coach, and [[Rod Dedeaux]] as baseball coach for the duration of the war. As a [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]],<ref name=npfgor43>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6CNdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vFoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2827%2C4865751 |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |location=Kansas |agency=Associated Press |title=Navy preflight cadets good at obstacle racing |date=March 5, 1943 |page=8 }}</ref> Barry was in charge of physical and military training of Navy personnel in the South Pacific, for which he would later receive a Naval Commendation from then [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[James Forrestal]].

[[File:Rod Dedeaux and Sam Barry.jpeg|thumb|250px|Rod Dedeaux and Barry, c. 1950]]
After leaving the navy in 1945, Barry resumed his positions leading the USC basketball and baseball teams, while also returning as a football assistant under Cravath. He began to restore the basketball program to a nationally competitive level, and found his greatest success yet in baseball. At the [[1948 College World Series]], the Trojans captured their first title by defeating a [[1948 Yale Bulldogs baseball team|Yale]] team captained by future [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]]. The [[1948 College World Series|finals]] were held at [[Hyames Field]] in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], settled by a 9–2 win in the third and deciding game.<ref name=yalels>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NFspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098%2C5093036 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Yale Elis even Trojan series |date=June 27, 1948 |page=1, sports }}</ref><ref name=sctcbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hNpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xvUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4122%2C5445381 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Southern Cal takes college ball title |date=June 28, 1948 |page=15 }}</ref> The Trojans had a chance to repeat in 1949, but were eliminated when they suffered a pair of extra-inning losses to [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball|Wake Forest]], both by 2&ndash;1 scores.

As the years passed, however, it became evident that Barry was suffering physically from the stress of his various responsibilities. Despite medical warnings, he agreed only to give up coaching the football scout team, continuing as head coach of two sports and serving as chief scout and sideline assistant in football.  It was while scouting a USC opponent in [[1950 USC Trojans football team|1950]] that he died.  Attending a football game in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California]] on September 23, he suffered a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] while climbing the hill to [[California Memorial Stadium|Memorial Stadium]], and died before reaching the hospital.<ref name=sbdies>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ThkzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2883%2C613703 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California |agency=United Press |title=Sam Barry dies, returned to LA |date=September 25, 1950 |page=6 }}</ref>

At USC's next home football game&mdash;fittingly, against Iowa&mdash;the student body paid tribute to Barry during halftime, taking the field in a block "SC" formation and, after the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Coliseum]] lights were turned out, lighting matches on the field of the darkened stadium for a minute of silence in memory of the coach. He was buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]].

==Legacy==
Barry's 18 seasons as a USC assistant football coach (1929–1940, 1945–1950) rank second only to the 26 years served by Marv Goux.  His 19 years of overall participation in the program trail only Goux (31 years) and Cravath (23 years). His death came just as USC basketball was regaining its pre-war success, on the cusp of the West Coast's 1950s surge in the sport which included teams coached by [[John Wooden]] at [[UCLA Bruins basketball|UCLA]], [[Phil Woolpert]] at [[San Francisco Dons men's basketball|San Francisco]], and [[Pete Newell]] at [[California Golden Bears men's basketball|California]].

Sam Barry's players benefited greatly from his leadership and teaching ability. Four basketball players&mdash; Jerry Nemer, [[Lee Guttero]], [[Ralph Vaughn]] and [[Bill Sharman]]&mdash; earned consensus first-team All-American honors; Barry is one of only 12 coaches in history to guide as many players to this honor. Perhaps his most visible legacy is the large number of his players who went on to successful coaching careers in their own right: Sharman, [[Alex Hannum]], [[Tex Winter]], [[Jack Gardner (basketball)|Jack Gardner]], [[Forrest Twogood]], and [[Bob Boyd (basketball)|Bob Boyd]] in basketball, and [[Rod Dedeaux]] in baseball.  In addition, [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] manager [[Sparky Anderson]] got his start in the sport while serving as a USC batboy in the 1940s.  In all, 14 of Barry's baseball players went on to appear in the [[Major League Baseball|major leagues]].

Barry was also nationally renowned as an innovator&mdash;he was the person most responsible for the elimination of the center jump after every free throw and basket in basketball, a move which resulted in a much faster-paced game; and he was also behind the move to create the center line and 10-second rule. He was the inventor of the [[triangle offense]], which his pupil Tex Winter refined to bring great successes to the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] champion [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Los Angeles Lakers]] teams. And Barry, along with Kansas coach Phog Allen, was one of the two primary national advocates of the delayed offense (commonly referred to as "stalling"), which was a staple of college basketball strategy at such powerhouses as Kansas and [[North Carolina Tar Heels basketball|North Carolina]], and throughout the country, before the introduction of the [[shot clock]] in 1985.

A respected figure in basketball circles since his early years&mdash;Barry was one of the two officials who worked the 1923 Illinois high school basketball championship game&mdash;he served on many significant [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] committees in his later years, and was a primary force in establishing such national playoffs as the NCAA basketball tournament and the College World Series. His teams' popularity spread to the playing field and court as well.  In addition to the leading crowd of the [[1941 college football season]], his 1939&ndash;40 basketball team drew a record crowd when visiting [[Madison Square Garden]].

His accomplishments as a coach still stand today &ndash; his 40-game winning streak in basketball against UCLA, compiled from 1932 to 1942, and continued in 1946, stands as the longest winning streak by any coach against a single opponent in the history of college basketball. Only two other coaches have duplicated his achievement of leading teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series. In 1966, he became a member of the charter class of inductees to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 1978 he was elected to membership in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]. He was among the 2007 class of inductees to the USC Athletic Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usctrojans.cstv.com/genrel/101406aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104015100/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/genrel/101406aaa.html |archive-date=2006-11-04 |title=2007 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced :: 24 member class includes Leinart, Carrier, McGee twins, McCullouch, Smalley, Bottom, Williams, Osuna, Barry.}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor]] during the [[2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament]], March 10, 2012.<ref>[http://www.pac-12.org/BasketballM/Tabid/1449/Article/143110/2011-12-Hall-of-Honor-Class-Announced.aspx 2011-12 Hall of Honor Class Announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212101811/http://www.pac-12.org/BasketballM/Tabid/1449/Article/143110/2011-12-Hall-of-Honor-Class-Announced.aspx |date=2012-02-12 }}, Pac-12 Conference, February 7, 2012</ref>

==Accolades==
*"His successes as a basketball, baseball and football coach would fill several books but it can be safely said that when Sam died suddenly ... he left not one enemy along the trail of his phenomenal career. ... In the years to come, Sam Barry will be talked about in the same breath with [[James Naismith|Dr. Naismith]] when the development and progress of the game of basketball are discussed." &ndash; Paul Zimmerman<!-- This is Paul D. Zimmerman, no relation to Paul L. Zimmerman, a.k.a. "Dr. Z." -->, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 25, 1950
*"I feel that the Pacific Coast Conference has lost one of its finest coaches and I feel a great personal loss. He was one of the scrappiest coaches during a game and one of the nicest persons I've ever known after the game. He was a fine fellow in every respect." &ndash; [[John Wooden]]
*"It is impossible to pinpoint Sam Barry's friendliness, his effect upon all groups. Sam was a man who loved his fellow men, loved life, loved living. He leaves a big hole, not only in the Trojan family, not only on the West Coast, but on the entire national scene. Sam Barry was a leader, the finest type of American citizen. Never having done a mean or injurious thing in his life, it is certain his soul rests in peace." &ndash; Dick Hyland, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 26, 1950
*"About the University Sam was affectionately known as 'Elevator Sam'. That was because he had more 'life' on the bench than gridders and coaches alike. He was up every time the ball bounced. Sam got a full measure out of living and fellowship. And whereas in this day of specialists most mentors confine activities to one sport, Sam lived three full, and complete, lifetimes in sports. And, exceptionally, Sam was tops in all three. He was considered second to none in basketball. He coached numerous champions. His baseball teams were frequent titleholders." &ndash; Al Santoro, ''Los Angeles Examiner'', September 24, 1950
*"For 34 of his 57 years the genial coach, whose name ranked with the [[Amos Alonzo Stagg|Staggs]], [[Glenn Scobey Warner|Warners]] and [[Howard Jones (American football coach)|Joneses]] as bywords of the intercollegiate sports world, had engaged in one of athletics' most successful careers. ... Barry is the man most responsible for basketball as it is played today, a game that leads the nation in attendance." &ndash; Jack Geyer, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 24, 1950

==Records and accomplishments==
'''Longest winning streaks by a coach against a single opponent, college basketball:'''

*40 &ndash; '''Sam Barry''' (USC) vs. UCLA, 1932–1942 and 1946
*38 &ndash; [[Lute Olson]] ([[University of Arizona|Arizona]]) vs [[Washington State University|Washington State]], 1986–2004
*37 &ndash; [[Adolph Rupp]] ([[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]]) vs. [[University of Mississippi|Mississippi]], 1933–1972
*32 &ndash; [[John Wooden]] (UCLA) vs. California, 1961–1975
*31 &ndash; [[Frank Keaney]] ([[University of Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]) vs. [[University of Maine|Maine]], 1924–1948
*31 &ndash; [[Bobby Knight|Bob Knight]] ([[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]]) vs. Wisconsin, 1980–1996

Note: Currently, school records do not credit Barry with coaching the team in 1942, which would reduce the streak to 38 games; however, newspaper reports indicate that Barry was still actively coaching the team, both in practice and in games, until after the two 1942 UCLA victories.

'''Coaches who have guided 4 or more players to consensus 1st-team All-American honors in men's basketball:'''

*[[Adolph Rupp]] (Kentucky) &ndash; 10
*[[Dean Smith]] (North Carolina) &ndash; 9
*[[Mike Krzyzewski]] (Duke) &ndash; 8
*[[John Wooden]] (UCLA) &ndash; 8
*[[Bob Knight]] (Indiana) &ndash; 6
*[[Piggy Lambert|Ward "Piggy" Lambert]] ([[Purdue University|Purdue]]) &ndash; 5
*[[Lute Olson]] ([[University of Arizona|Arizona]]) &ndash; 5
*[[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]] ([[Georgetown Hoyas|Georgetown]]) &ndash; 5
*[[Phog Allen|Forrest "Phog" Allen]] (Kansas) &ndash; 4
*'''Sam Barry''' (USC) &ndash; 4
*[[Jim Calhoun]] ([[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]]) &ndash; 4
*[[Roy Williams (coach)|Roy Williams]] (Kansas) &ndash; 4
*[[Rick Barnes]] (Texas) &ndash; 4

'''Coaches who have led teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series:'''

*'''Sam Barry''' (USC) &ndash; Final Four in 1940; CWS in 1948 and 1949
*[[Everett Dean]] (Stanford) &ndash; Final Four in 1942; CWS in 1953
*[[Frank McGuire]] ([[St. John's University, New York|St. John's]], North Carolina) &ndash; Final Four in 1952 (St. John's, runner-up) and 1957 (UNC, champions); CWS in 1949 (St. John's)

Note: Barry's teams won only the baseball title, while Dean's and McGuire's teams won only the basketball title; however, Dean and McGuire were not coaching both sports simultaneously in the years involved, as Barry was.

==Head coaching record==

===Basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Knox Prairie Fire men's basketball|Knox Old Siwash]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1918
 | endyear    = 1922
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1918–19
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 9–2
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1919–20
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 8–6
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 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1920–21
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 10–2
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1921–22
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 11–5
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 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Knox
 | overall    = 38–15 ({{Winning percentage|38|15}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball|Iowa Hawkeyes]]
 | conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1922
 | endyear    = 1929
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1922–23
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 13–2
 | conference   = 11–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1923–24
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 7–10
 | conference   = 4–8
 | confstanding = 9th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1924–25
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 6–10
 | conference   = 5–7
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1925–26
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 12–5
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1926–27
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 9–8
 | conference   = 7–5
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1927–28
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 6–11
 | conference   = 3–9
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1928–29
 | name         = Iowa
 | overall      = 9–8
 | conference   = 5–7
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Iowa
 | overall    = 62–54 ({{Winning percentage|62|54}})
 | confrecord = 43–41 ({{Winning percentage|43|41}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC Trojans]]
 | conference = [[Pacific Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1929
 | endyear    = 1941
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1929–30
 | name         = USC 
 | overall      = 15–5
 | conference   = 7–2
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1930–31
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 8–8
 | conference   = 5–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1931–32
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 10–12
 | conference   = 8–3
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1932–33
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 18–5
 | conference   = 10–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | season       = 1933–34
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 16–8
 | conference   = 9–3
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1934–35
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 20–6
 | conference   = 11–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1935–36
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 14–12
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1936–37
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 19–6
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1937–38
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 17–9
 | conference   = 6–6
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | season       = 1938–39
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 20–5
 | conference   = 9–3
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 1939–40
 | name         = [[1939–40 USC Trojans men's basketball team|USC]]
 | overall      = 20–3
 | conference   = 10–2
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = [[Helms Athletic Foundation#National championship selections|Helms Foundation National Champions]]<br>[[1940 NCAA basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1940–41
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 15–10
 | conference   = 6–6
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC Trojans]]
 | conference = [[Pacific Coast Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1945
 | endyear    = 1950
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1945–46
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 14–7
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1946–47
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 10–14
 | conference   = 2–10
 | confstanding = 4th <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1947–48
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 14–10
 | conference   = 7–5
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1948–49
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 14–10
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1949–50
 | name         = USC
 | overall      = 16–8
 | conference   = 7–5
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = USC
 | overall    = 260–138 ({{Winning percentage|260|138}})
 | confrecord = 129–67 ({{Winning percentage|129|67}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 360–207 ({{Winning percentage|360|207}})
}}

===Football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Knox Prairie Fire football|Knox Old Siwash]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1918
 | endyear   = 1921
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1918 college football season|1918]]
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 2–2–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 8–0
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 3–3–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = Knox
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Knox
 | overall    = 15–12–4
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]]
 | conf      = [[Pacific Coast Conference]]
 | startyear = 1941
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
 | name         = [[1941 USC Trojans football team|USC]]
 | overall      = 2–6–1
 | conference   = 2–4–1
 | confstanding = 8th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = USC
 | overall    = 2–6–1
 | confrecord = 2–4–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 17–18–5
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Basketballhof|sam-barry}}

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