Rick Barnes

College coach infobox
Name = Rick Barnes
Sport = Basketball


DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1954|7|17
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Hickory, North Carolina
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College = Texas
Title = Head coach
Awards = CAA Coach of the Year (1987)
Big 12 Coach of the Year (1999, 2003, 2008)
Championships = Big 12 Regular Season Championship (1999, 2006, 2008)
Big East Tournament Championship (1994)
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Player = *
Years = 1974–1977
Team = Lenoir-Rhyne
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Coach = *
CoachYears = 1977–1978
1978–1980
1980–1985
1985–1986
1986–1987
1987–1988
1988–1994
1994–1998
1998–present
CoachTeams = N. State Academy (asst.)
Davidson (asst.)
George Mason (asst.)
Alabama (asst.)
Ohio State (asst.)
George Mason
Providence
Clemson
Texas
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Richard Dale 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 ten seasons, taking the team to the NCAA Tournament each year, including a Final Four appearance led by T. J. Ford in 2003. Barnes previously coached at George Mason University, Providence College, and Clemson University. He is a 1977 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College where he was a member of the men's basketball team.

Barnes' success at Texas, a traditional football powerhouse, has sparked interest in college basketball at the university 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. Barnes received his third Big 12 Coach of the Year award on March 10, 2008.

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. However, he has won only one post season conference tourney championship (Providence, 1994 Big East) in his 21 years as a collegiate head coach. He has an overall record of 18-16 (.529) in the NCAA tournament (16-10 at Texas). In seven of his ten years at Texas, the Longhorns went on to lose to a lower seed in the NCAA Tournament. Currently, the Longhorns are only one of three teams to have made the Sweet 16 5 times in the last 7 years, with the others being Duke and Kansas. As for his coaching tree, Rick Barnes has had four of his assistants hired to head coaching gigs with Larry Shyatt formerly coaching Wyoming and Clemson, Dennis Felton at Western Kentucky and now Georgia, Frank Haith at Miami, and Ken McDonald going to Western Kentucky.

Rick Barnes made a cameo in the NBC hit series Friday Night Lights as a recruiter for the fictional school TMU.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name =George Mason Patriots
conference=Colonial Athletic Association
startyear =1987
endyear =1988CBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1987–88
name = George Mason
overall = 20–10
conference = 9–5
confstanding = T–2ndCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = George Mason
overall = 20–10
confrecord = 9–5CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name =Providence Friars
conference=Big East Conference
startyear =1988
endyear =1994CBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1988–89
name = Providence
overall = 18–11
conference = 7–9
confstanding = T–6th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1989–90
name = Providence
overall = 17–12
conference = 8–8
confstanding = T–6th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1990–91
name = Providence
overall = 19–13
conference = 7–9
confstanding = T–7th
postseason = NIT QuarterfinalsCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1991–92
name = Providence
overall = 14–17
conference = 6–12
confstanding = 9thCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1992–93
name = Providence
overall = 20–13
conference = 9–9
confstanding = T–4th
postseason = NIT Fourth PlaceCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 1993–94
name = Providence
overall = 20–10
conference = 10–8
confstanding = T–4th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Providence
overall = 108–76
confrecord = 47–55CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name =Clemson Tigers
conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
startyear =1994
endyear =1998CBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1994–95
name = Clemson
overall = 15–13
conference = 5–11
confstanding = T–6th
postseason = NIT First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1995–96
name = Clemson
overall = 18–11
conference = 7–9
confstanding = 6th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1996–97
name = Clemson
overall = 23–10
conference = 9–7
confstanding = 4th
postseason = NCAA Sweet SixteenCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1997–98
name = Clemson
overall = 18–14
conference = 7–9
confstanding = T–4th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Clemson
overall = 74–48
confrecord = 28–36CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name =Texas Longhorns
conference=Big 12 Conference
startyear =1998
endyear ="present"CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1998–99
name = Texas
overall = 19–13
conference = 13–3
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 1999–00
name = Texas
overall = 24–9
conference = 13–3
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA Second RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2000–01
name = Texas
overall = 25–9
conference = 12–4
confstanding = T–2nd
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2001–02
name = Texas
overall = 22–12
conference = 10–6
confstanding = T–3rd
postseason = NCAA Sweet SixteenCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2002–03
name = Texas
overall = 26–7
conference = 13–3
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA Final FourCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2003–04
name = Texas
overall = 25–8
conference = 12–4
confstanding = T–2nd
postseason = NCAA Sweet SixteenCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2004–05
name = Texas
overall = 20–11
conference = 9–7
confstanding = T–5th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2005–06
name = Texas
overall = 30–7
conference = 13–3
confstanding = T–1st
postseason = NCAA Elite EightCBB Yearly Record Entry
season = 2006–07
name = Texas
overall = 25–10
conference = 12–4
confstanding = 3rd
postseason = NCAA Second RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2007–08
name = Texas
overall = 31–7
conference = 13–3
confstanding = T–1st
postseason = NCAA Elite EightCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Texas
overall = 245–92
confrecord = 120-40Source: [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=16&url_article_id=2179&change_well_id=2] CBB Yearly Record End
overall = 421–222
poll = two
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National Award Winners

References

*cite web
url = http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=153
title = Head Coach Rick Barnes
publisher = Texas Sports
accessdate = 2006-04-04