:Bo Overton
{{short description|American basketball player-coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Bo Overton
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| team = Oklahoma Baptist Bison
| position = Head coach
| league = Great American Conference
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|9}}
| birth_place = Ada, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Ada (Ada, Oklahoma)
| college = Oklahoma (1979–1983)
| career_position = Guard
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_round = 9
| draft_pick = 224
| draft_team = Phoenix Suns
| career_start = 1984
| career_end = 1985
| coach_start = 1983
| coach_end =
| years1 = 1984–1985
| team1 = Toronto Tornados
| cyears1 = 1983–1984
| cteam1 = Oklahoma (men's GA)
| cyears2 = 1985–1986
| cteam2 = Pensacola Tornados (asst.)
| cyears3 = 1987–1988
| cteam3 = Oral Roberts (men's asst.)
| cyears4 = 1989–1991
| cteam4 = Murray State CC (men's)
| cyears5 = 1991–1993
| cteam5 = Oral Roberts (men's asst.)
| cyears6 = 1993–1994
| cteam6 = Southwest Texas State (men's asst.)
| cyears7 = 1994–1998
| cteam7 = Louisiana Tech (men's asst.)
| cyears8 = 1998–2004
| cteam8 = Oklahoma (asst.)
| cyears9 = 2004–2006
| cteam9 = UMKC
| cyears10 = 2007
| cteam10 = Chicago Sky
| cyears11 = 2009–2010
| cteam11 = Bahamas (asst.)
| cyears12 = 2011–2012
| cteam12 = Liaoning Hengye
| cyears13 = 2012
| cteam13 = China
| cyears14 = 2012–2013
| cteam14 = Guangdong Dolphins
| cyears15 = 2013–2014
| cteam15 = Dynamo Kursk
| cyears16 = 2015–2020
| cteam16 = Oklahoma City
| cyears17 = 2020–Present
| cteam17 = Oklahoma Baptist
| highlights =
}}
Glenn "Bo" Overton[https://books.google.com/books?id=m99DCaqGoQ8C&dq=%22Glenn+bo+overton%22&pg=PA303 he Basketball Draft Fact Book], p. 303. (born July 9, 1960){{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/article/2657018|title=Glenn Bo Overton|work=The Oklahoman|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=June 13, 1999}} is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist University. Prior to OBU, he was coaching in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/|title=The Oklahoman: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, News, Politics and Sports|website=The Oklahoman}}
Early life and education
Born in Ada, Oklahoma, Overton was the 1979 Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year as a senior at Ada High School.
Overton played at the University of Oklahoma from 1980 to 1983, and was a starting point guard. At the end of his career, he held school records for free throw percentage, assists and games played.
Professional playing career
He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1983 NBA draft. He played for the Toronto Tornadoes of the Continental Basketball Association in the 1984–85 season, then was an assistant coach for that team, which by then moved to Pensacola, Florida, in the 1985–86 season.{{cite web|title=Bo Overton|url=http://soonersports.ocsn.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/overton_bo00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402144927/http://soonersports.ocsn.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/overton_bo00.html|archivedate=April 2, 2003|publisher=University of Oklahoma|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}
Coaching career
He was the head coach and athletic director at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma from 1989 to 1991. Overton was a men's basketball assistant coach at Oral Roberts (1987 to 1988 and 1991 to 1993), Texas State (1993 to 1994), and Louisiana Tech (1994 to 1998) as a men's assistant coach.
Overton returned to his alma mater to coach Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball under Sherri Coale. The Sooners played in the 2002 Final Four. After OU he was the head coach at UMKC.{{cite web|title=Bo Overton|publisher=UMKC|url=http://umkckangaroos.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/overton_bo00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208215601/http://umkckangaroos.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/overton_bo00.html|archivedate=February 8, 2007|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}
On December 12, 2006, Overton resigned from UMKC to become head coach for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=2694895|title=Overton leaves UMKC mid-season to lead Sky|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 21, 2016|date=December 13, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://origin.wnba.com/draft2007/overton_070329.html|title=New Sky Coach/GM Overton Set for the Draft|publisher=Chicago Sky|date=March 29, 2007|access-date=2016-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808044802/http://origin.wnba.com/draft2007/overton_070329.html|archive-date=2016-08-08|url-status=dead}} He resigned on March 12, 2008, following a 14–20 season.{{Cite web |url=http://origin.wnba.com/sky/news/sky_timeline.html |title=SKY: Sky Timeline |access-date=2016-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808044029/http://origin.wnba.com/sky/news/sky_timeline.html |archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead }}
Overton was a consultant to the WNBA's Tulsa Shock from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he was an assistant coach for the Bahamas women's national basketball team.{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-overton-669b7a42 |title=Bo Overton |website=LinkedIn}}{{cite web|last1=Claxton|first1=Joe|title=Bo Overton has logged many miles since days at Ada High|url=http://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/bo-overton-has-logged-many-miles-since-days-at-ada/article_d182bf5a-975a-5eae-ae46-99a278e1e22d.html|website=Ada News|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=May 12, 2014}} Overton then coached for Liaoning Hengye of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) from 2011 to 2012.{{cite web|last1=Tramel|first1=Berry|title=Bo Overton: A China adventure|url=http://newsok.com/article/3773808|website=The Oklahoman|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=August 27, 2011}} Overton then coached the China women's national basketball team during the 2012 Summer Olympics, then the Guangdong Dragons of the WCBA in the 2012–13 season and Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League in 2013–14.
In 2015, Overton became head women's basketball coach at Oklahoma City University.{{cite web|url=http://www.ocusports.com/staff.aspx?staff=126|title=Bo Overton|publisher=Oklahoma City University|accessdate=June 21, 2016}} He would lead Oklahoma City to a NAIA national championship in the 2016–17 season and named coach of the year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocusports.com/news/2017/3/21/womens-basketball-ocu-earns-national-title-with-73-66-win.aspx|title = Ocu Earns National Title with 73-66 Win| date=21 March 2017 }}
On March 16, 2020, Overton was named the head coach at Oklahoma Baptist University.{{Cite web|url=https://obubison.com/news/2020/3/13/bo-overton-named-head-womens-basketball-coach.aspx|title = Bo Overton Named Head Women's Basketball Coach}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UMKC Kangaroos
| conference = Mid-Continent Conference
| startyear = 2004
| endyear = 2006
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2004–05
| name = UMKC
| overall = 10–20
| conference = 6–10
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2005–06
| name = UMKC
| overall = 10–18
| conference = 8–8
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2006–07
| name = UMKC
| overall = 2–9
| conference =
| confstanding = (resigned)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = UMKC
| overall = {{Winning percentage|22|47|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|14|18|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oklahoma City Stars
| conference = Sooner Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2015–16
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = 20–9
| conference = 15–3
| postseason = NAIA D-I First Round{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2015-16|title=2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule|website=Oklahoma City University Athletics}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season = 2016–17
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = 34–2
| conference = 17–1
| postseason = NAIA D-I Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017–18
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NAIA D-I First Round
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018–19
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = 33–5
| conference = 20–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA D-I Runner-up
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2019–20
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = 30–2
| conference = 19–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = Postseason canceled
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Oklahoma City
| overall = {{Winning percentage|145|33|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|88|10|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oklahoma Baptist Bison
| conference = Great American Conference
| startyear = 2020
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2020–21
| name = Oklahoma Baptist
| overall = 4–17
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 6th {{Small|(Western)}}
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2021–22
| name = Oklahoma Baptist
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 10–12
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| season = 2022–23
| name = Oklahoma Baptist
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 12–10
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Oklahoma Baptist
| overall = {{Winning percentage|35|44|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|25|37|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = {{Winning percentage|202|124|record=y}}
}}
=WNBA=
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| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago
| style="text-align:left;"|2007
|34||14||20||{{Winning percentage|14|20}}|| align="center"|6th in Eastern|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="2"|Career
|34||14||20||{{Winning percentage|14|20}}|| ||—||—||—||—||
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125605/http://www.wnba.com/coachfile/bo_overton/index.html?nav=page Biography] at WNBA.com
- [http://www.wnba.com/sky/news/Steve_Key_Named_GM_and_Head_Coach.html Bo Overton resigned as Head Coach/General Manager]
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