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CU's Ceal Barry turned love of sports into Hall of Fame career

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Former Colorado coach Ceal Barry shown playing for the University of Kentucky in 1976. (Courtesy photo/Ceal Barry)

In the spring of 1983, 28-year-old Ceal Barry arrived in Boulder hopeful of taking the next step in her career, but uneasy about the obstacles in her way.

A Kentucky native, Barry was lured away from her job as the women's basketball coach at Cincinnati by the opportunity to coach a Colorado team in a higher profile conference, the Big Eight.

In Colorado for the first time in her life, she had no idea where to shop, let alone recruit.