Sam Barry - Records and Accomplishments

Records and Accomplishments

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

• 40 – Sam Barry (USC) vs. UCLA, 1932–1942 and 1946
• 38 – Lute Olson (Arizona) vs Washington State, 1986–2004
• 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.

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

• 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:

• 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.