Monday, January 9, 2012

Funeral services held for Gene Bartow

Funeral services were held Monday morning for former UAB basketball coach Gene Bartow.

The former basketball coach died last week after a long bout with stomach cancer.

On Sunday, a visitation was held at the arena that bears Bartow's name andhundreds attended. Some big name coaches paid tribute to their old friend; including Kentucky's John Calipari, Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy and former Bama coach Wimp Sanderson.

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