Rick Barnes
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| Date of birth | July 17, 1954 (age 52) | |
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| Place of birth | Hickory, North Carolina | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| College | Texas | |
| Title | Head coach | |
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| 1987-88 1988-94 1994-98 1998-present |
George Mason Providence Clemson Texas |
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Rick Barnes (born July 17, 1954 in Hickory, North Carolina) is the current head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns men's basketball team. He has coached Texas for the last eight seasons, taking the team to the NCAA Tournament each time, including a Final Four appearance led by T. J. Ford in 2003. Barnes previously coached at George Mason University, Clemson University and Providence College. He is a 1977 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Barnes' success at Texas has sparked interest in college basketball at the University, a traditional football powerhouse, and throughout the state of Texas. Hired in April 1998, the basketball program immediately displayed Barnes' impact. Despite playing with just seven scholarship players for the majority of the 1998-1999 season — and opening the season with a 3-8 record — the Longhorns won 16 of their final 21 games, winning the regular season Big 12 conference championship by a two-game margin, and finishing the year at 19-13 and in the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns were one of only 3 teams (Duke & UConn being the others) to make the Sweet Sixteen the past six years.
Although Barnes has had great regular season success with 400+ wins and has transformed Texas into a one of the top college basketball programs in the nation, he has won only one post season conference tourney championship (Providence, 1994 Big East) in his 20 years as a collegiate head coach. Additionally, he has an overall losing record of 15-16 (.481) in the NCAA tournament (13-9 at Texas). In seven of his nine years at Texas, the Longhorns went on to lose to a lower seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Rick Barnes is considered a major candidate for the recently vacated University of Kentucky head coaching position along with coaches Billy Donovan, Tom Izzo, and Mark Few, among others. Although he has not been contacted as of yet for the position, it is a concensus feeling that he will be in major consideration for the job.
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[edit] Coaching record at George Mason
| Year | Record | NCAA Tournament |
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| 1987-1988 | 20-10 | First Round |
Overall Record at George Mason: 20-10 (.666)
[edit] Coaching record at Providence
| Year | Record | NCAA Tournament |
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| 1988-1989 | 18-11 | First Round |
| 1989-1990 | 17-12 | First Round |
| 1990-1991 | 19-13 | NIT |
| 1991-1992 | 14-17 | |
| 1992-1993 | 20-13 | NIT |
| 1993-1994 | 20-10 | First Round |
Overall Record at Providence: 108-76 (.587)
[edit] Coaching record at Clemson
| Year | Record | NCAA Tournament |
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| 1994-1995 | 15-13 | NIT |
| 1995-1996 | 18-11 | First Round |
| 1996-1997 | 23-10 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 1997-1998 | 18-14 | First Round |
Overall Record at Clemson: 74-48 (.607)
[edit] Coaching record at Texas
| Year | Record | NCAA Tournament |
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| 1998-1999 | 19-13 | First Round |
| 1999-2000 | 24-9 | Second Round |
| 2000-2001 | 25-9 | First Round |
| 2001-2002 | 22-12 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 2002-2003 | 26-7 | Final Four |
| 2003-2004 | 25-8 | Sweet Sixteen |
| 2004-2005 | 20-11 | First Round |
| 2005-2006 | 30-7 | Elite Eight |
| 2006-2007 | 25-10 | Second Round |
Overall Record at Texas: 216-86 (.715)
[edit] References
- Head Coach Rick Barnes. Texas Sports. Retrieved on [[2006-04-04
| Preceded by Joe Harrington |
George Mason University Men's Basketball Head Coach 1987–1988 |
Succeeded by Ernie Nestor |
| Preceded by Gordon Chiesa |
Providence College Men's Basketball Head Coach 1988–1994 |
Succeeded by Pete Gillen |
| Preceded by Cliff Ellis |
Clemson University Men's Basketball Head Coach 1994–1998 |
Succeeded by Larry Shyatt |
| Preceded by Tom Penders |
University of Texas at Austin Head Basketball Coach 1998-current |
Succeeded by Current |
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