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June 12, 2009

Coast Guard Academy's Head Basketball Coach Pete Barry Retires

6-9-09

PETE BARRY RETIRES AFTER 19 YEARS AS
COAST GUARD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

        NEW LONDON, CONN.--Pete Barry, the all-time winningest men's basketball coach at the Coast Guard Academy, has announced his retirement.

        Barry, who coached at the both the high school and college level for a combined 40 years, posted a record of 262-216 (.548) in 19 years as the head coach at the Coast Guard Academy and he finishes his collegiate career with a record of 413-315 (.567) in 27 seasons.

        He led the Bears to the greatest season in Academy history in the 2007-2008 season when the team won a school-record 24 games and advanced all the way to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Division III tournament. The Bears won their second straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament championship that season after winning the program's first NEWMAC tournament championships in the 2006-2007 after finishing in last place during the regular season. He was named the D3hoops.com Northeast Region Coach of the Year in 2007-2008.

        Barry led the Bears to three Constitution Athletic Conference (CAC) championships (1991, 1994, 1995) and three berths in the ECAC tournament (1994, 1995, 2006) during his career at the Academy.

        He led his alma mater the University of San Francisco to a 49-13 record and back-to-back NCAA Division I Tournament appearances in 1980 and 1981.

        Barry also was head coach at Southern Oregon for six seasons before arriving at Coast Guard. He posted a 102-86 record and led the team to the playoffs four times.
        He was inducted into the University of San Francisco Hall of Fame in 2003 for baseball and the Daly City Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.

        Barry was also the head coach of the baseball team at the Coast Guard Academy for seven seasons (2000-2006) where he won 115 games and led the Bears to the first postseason win in school history, an ECAC win in 2002. He led the team to the NEWMAC tournament championship game three times (2000, 2001 and 2003). He earned NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2001.