William Leon Barmore (born June 3, 1944) is a college women's basketball coach best known for his 35-year association with the Louisiana Tech University Lady Techsters.
He earned All-State honors as a basketball player at Ruston High School, helping his team to two state championships.
[2] He went on to play basketball at Louisiana Tech, serving as captain of the team and earned Gulf States All-Conference honors.
[1] He also led Tech to 13 regular season titles in 15 years as a member of either the American South, Sun Belt or Western Athletic conferences, including 10 in a row from 1992 to 2002.
In the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, Barmore served as Baylor's interim head coach and led the Bears to an overtime victory over UT-San Antonio (Mulkey missed the game with an illness).