Breaking Color Barrier Not Unique to Auburn’s First Black Head Basketball Coach: AUBURN, Ala.— Auburn's Tony Barbee doesn't hesitate when asked about the significance of becoming the school's first Black head basketball coach.After all, it's not his first time breaking the color barrier.
“Absolutely there is. Very similar to the significance of me being the first African-American coach at UTEP, with the Glory Road tradition and the background,'' Barbee said, referring to the Texas Western (now UTEP) team that broke a color barrier by winning a national title in 1966 with five Black starters.
