Sam Barry

Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry (December 17, 1892 ? September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate athletic coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series.

Records and accomplishments

Longest winning streaks by a coach against a single opponent, college basketball:

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• 40 – Sam Barry (USC) vs. UCLA, 1932-1942 and 1946
• 37 – Adolph Rupp (Kentucky) vs. Mississippi, 1933-1972
• 32 – John Wooden (UCLA) vs. California, 1961-1975
• 31 – Frank Keaney (Rhode Island) vs. Maine, 1924-1948
• 31 – Bob Knight (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.

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

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• Adolph Rupp (Kentucky) – 10
• Dean Smith (North Carolina) – 9
• Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) – 8
• John Wooden (UCLA) – 8
• Bob Knight (Indiana) – 6
• Ward "Piggy" Lambert (Purdue) – 5
• Lute Olson (Arizona) – 5
• John Thompson (Georgetown) – 5
• Forrest "Phog" Allen (Kansas) – 4
• Sam Barry (USC) – 4
• Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) – 4
• Roy Williams (Kansas) – 4

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

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• Sam Barry (USC) – Final Four in 1940; CWS in 1948 and 1949
• Everett Dean (Stanford) – Final Four in 1942; CWS in 1953
• Frank McGuire (St. John's, North Carolina) – 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.

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