Tommy Bartlett (basketball)

Tommy Bartlett
Bartlett in coat and tie, taken during game
Bartlett from 1967 Seminole yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1928-06-06)June 6, 1928
Homerville, Georgia, U.S.
DiedOctober 19, 2016(2016-10-19) (aged 88)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1950–1952Tennessee
Position(s)Guard (basketball)
Singles & doubles (tennis)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1953–1957Lenoir City HS
1957–1958Carson–Newman
1958–1962Chattanooga
1962–1966Tennessee (Asst.)
1966–1973Florida
Tennis
1962–1966Tennessee
1979–1990Chattanooga
Head coaching record
Overall168–130 (.564) (Basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SEC Men's Tennis (1966)
8 SoCon Men's Tennis (1980–1985, 1988, 1989)
5 SoCon Women's Tennis (1984–1986, 1988, 1990)
3 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis (1983–1985)
Awards
SoCon Men's Tennis Coach of the Year
(1980–1983, 1985, 1988, 1989)
SoCon Women's Tennis Coach of the Year
(1986, 1990)

Thomas George Bartlett (June 6, 1928 – October 19, 2016) was an American college basketball and tennis player, as well as a college basketball and tennis head coach. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Bartlett served as the men's basketball head coach for Carson-Newman College, the University of Chattanooga (now the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), and the University of Florida, and also as the men's tennis head coach at the University of Tennessee and UT-Chattanooga.