George Barber, Greenville University Men's Basketball Coach
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Episode 418
George Barber is the head basketball coach at Greenville University, a Division III school in Greenville, Ilinois. Prior to his time with Greenville, George was an assistant coach at Bradley University as well as with the University of Kentucky under Rick Pitino, where he was part of a national championship team in 1996.
Competing in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, George's Greenville club in 2018-19 set the NCAA Division III record in scoring offense (135.1 ppg) and led the country in assists per game, steals per game, turnover margin, total assists, three-point field goal attempts, and three-point field goals made.
On February 2, 2019, Greenville scored 200 points in a regulation game.
Besides his job as a head coach, Barber is also a professor Kinesiology and Sport for Greenville University.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Dr. George Barber about his high scoring offense, his time at Kentucky, winning a national championship, scoring 200 points in a game, keeping Christ at the center of his life and why humility is so important to him.
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| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 0:21.8 | I am Jason Romano. |
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| 1:32.5 | Really excited to welcome Dr. George Barber, the men's basketball coach at Greenville University in Southern Illinois, a division three school. |
| 1:42.7 | And Dr. Barber, coach Barber, as he likes to be known, |
| 1:46.3 | and you'll hear me reference that in the very beginning of the podcast, is such a unique man |
| 1:50.8 | with a great story and a unique journey. He's also a professor, that being the doctor's side |
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