Today we talk with SIU Edwardsville Head Coach Brian Barone. Barone played at Texas A&M for his dad Tony, before transferring to Marquette and ultimately becoming part of the Tom Crean coaching tree. Barone's coaching career started at Central Florida Community College. Nearly two decades later, he finally get that first Division I head coaching job at SIUE.
You can follow Coach Barone on Twitter @baronecoach.
Each Friday, Jeff Bidwell talks with a current or former Division I college basketball coach about their professional path. There are no overnight success stories in college coaching. We'll talk about the sometimes decades-long journey from the moment they wanted to get into coaching up to that first news conference introducing them as a Division I head coach.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram at @AKAJeffBidwell.
Today we talk with SIU Edwardsville Head Coach Brian Barone. Barone played at Texas A&M for his dad Tony, before transferring to Marquette and ultimately becoming part of the Tom Crean coaching tree. Barone's coaching career started at Central Florida Community College. Nearly two decades later, he finally get that first Division I head coaching job at SIUE.
You can follow Coach Barone on Twitter @baronecoach.
Each Friday, Jeff Bidwell talks with a current or former Division I college basketball coach about their professional path. There are no overnight success stories in college coaching. We'll talk about the sometimes decades-long journey from the moment they wanted to get into coaching up to that first news conference introducing them as a Division I head coach.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram at @AKAJeffBidwell.