Al Barbre, Date of Birth

Al Barbre

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1942

Profession: basketball coach

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Al Barbre (born October 13, 1942) is an American former basketball coach.
He has coached men's and women's basketball at the high school and college level.
He served as an assistant coach for the Stephen F.
Austin and Lamar men's basketball teams.
At Stephen F.
Austin, the Lumberjacks won 29 straight games in the 1969–70 season.
He took over as the Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball head coach prior to the 1987–88 season.
As head coach for the Lady Cardinals, his team's results improved each year.
His 1990–91 team qualified for the 1991 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and defeated Texas, LSU, and Arkansas before losing to the eventual tournament champion finalist, Virginia Cavaliers, in the Elite Eight round.
In addition to his coaching skills, he was a good recruiter.At 29–4, his 1990–91 team holds the Lamar Lady Cardinals record for most wins in a season.
The 1991 NCAA regional tournament game held on the Lady Cardinals' home court, the Montagne Center, against the LSU Lady Tigers set a Montagne Center attendance record for a women's basketball game with 9,143 fans in attendance.