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Richard Barnes (born July 17, 1954) is a men's college basketball head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Barnes coached the Texas Longhorns from 1998 to 2015, taking the team to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 16 of his 17 seasons, including 14 straight from 1999 to 2012, as well as a Final Four appearance led by T. J. Ford in 2003. Barnes previously coached at George Mason University, Providence College, and Clemson University. He has an overall record of 25–26 (.490) in the NCAA tournament (including 19–16 while at Texas).

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Rick Barnes

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tennessee
Conference	SEC
Record	150–81 (.649)
Biographical details
Born	(1954-07-17) July 17, 1954 (age 68) Hickory, North Carolina
Playing career
1974–1977	Lenoir–Rhyne
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1978	North State Academy (assistant)
1978–1980	Davidson (assistant)
1980–1985	George Mason (assistant)
1985–1986	Alabama (assistant)
1986–1987	Ohio State (assistant)
1987–1988	George Mason
1988–1994	Providence
1994–1998	Clemson
1998–2015	Texas
2015–present	Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall	754–395 (.656)
Tournaments	25–26 (NCAA Division I) 5–4 (NIT) 0–1 (CBI) 6–4 (SEC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Regional—Final Four (2003) Big East tournament (1994) SEC tournament (2022) 3 Big 12 regular season (1999, 2006, 2008) SEC regular season (2018)
Awards
Naismith Coach of the Year (2019) Henry Iba Award (2019) Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (2018) CAA Coach of the Year (1988) 4× Big 12 Coach of the Year (1999, 2003, 2008, 2014) SEC Coach of the Year (2018) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2009)

Early life

Barnes was born on July 17, 1954 and grew up in Hickory, North Carolina.[1] He is a 1977 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College where he was a member of the men's basketball team.

Coaching career

Barnes served as an assistant under Eddie Biedenbach at Davidson for two seasons and one with Wimp Sanderson at Alabama.

Prior to coaching at Texas, Barnes coached at George Mason, Providence, and Clemson.[2] Barnes advanced to three NCAA tournaments at Providence and three consecutive at Clemson before leaving for Texas in 1998. Barnes won his first post-season conference tournament championship in 1994, while at Providence. At Clemson, his Tigers spent one week of the 1996–97 season ranked second in the AP Poll, the highest ranking in school history.

Texas

Barnes was hired by Texas in April 1998, and the basketball program immediately displayed his impact. Despite playing with just seven scholarship players for the majority of the 1998–99 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 qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.

Barnes' success at Texas, a traditional football powerhouse, sparked interest in college basketball at the university and throughout the state. At Texas, Barnes won a school-record 402 games[3] and transformed the school into one of the top college basketball programs in the nation. He guided the Longhorns to 16 NCAA tournament appearances. They reached the Final Four in 2003, their first in over 50 years, and advanced to the Elite Eight in 2006 and 2008.[3] He also led Texas to their first #1 ranking in 2010, and led the Longhorns to the first 30-win seasons in school history. He coached two national players of the year: T. J. Ford (2003) and Kevin Durant (2007).[3] He also won four Big 12 Coach of the Year awards (1999, 2003, 2008, 2014) during his time in Austin, establishing himself as a nationally regarded coach. He was fired in 2015 after Texas failed to advance to the Sweet 16 for the seventh straight season.[2]

Tennessee

Barnes was hired by the Tennessee Volunteers in 2015. He was the Vols' third coach in as many seasons. Cuonzo Martin had left for California after the 2013–14 season; his successor, Donnie Tyndall, had been fired after just one season for lying about NCAA violations at his previous stop, Southern Mississippi.

Barnes increased the Vols' win total in each of his first four seasons.[2] In 2018, he was named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Volunteers to a share of their first regular-season SEC title in a decade and a spot in the conference championship game, earning his sixth-career conference coach of the year award.[4]

In 2018–19, he was named the Naismith College Coach of the Year after the Vols finished 31–6 (tying a school record for wins in a season) and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. They were ranked No. 1 for several weeks during the season, only the second time that the Vols have been ranked that high.[2][5]

Personal life

Barnes is a Christian. He has two children with his wife Candy. His son is a missionary overseas. His daughter Carley lives in Texas. [6]

In 2007, Barnes made a cameo appearance in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights as a recruiter for the fictional school TMU.[7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
George Mason Patriots (Colonial Athletic Association) (1987–1988)
1987–88	George Mason	20–10	9–5	T–2nd
George Mason:		20–10 (.667)	9–5 (.643)
Providence Friars (Big East Conference) (1988–1994)
1988–89	Providence	18–11	7–9	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1989–90	Providence	17–12	8–8	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1990–91	Providence	19–13	7–9	T–7th	NIT quarterfinal
1991–92	Providence	14–17	6–12	9th
1992–93	Providence	20–13	9–9	T–4th	NIT semifinal
1993–94	Providence	20–10	10–8	T–4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Providence:		108–76 (.587)	47–55 (.461)
Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1994–1998)
1994–95	Clemson	15–13	5–11	T–6th	NIT first round
1995–96	Clemson	18–11	7–9	6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1996–97	Clemson	23–10	9–7	4th	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
1997–98	Clemson	18–14	7–9	T–4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Clemson:		74–48 (.607)	28–36 (.438)
Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) (1998–2015)
1998–99	Texas	19–13	13–3	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1999–00	Texas	24–9	13–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2000–01	Texas	25–9	12–4	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2001–02	Texas	22–12	10–6	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2002–03	Texas	26–7	13–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Final Four
2003–04	Texas	25–8	12–4	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2004–05	Texas	20–11	9–7	T–5th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2005–06	Texas	30–7	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2006–07	Texas	25–10	12–4	3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2007–08	Texas	31–7	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2008–09	Texas	23–12	9–7	T–4th	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2009–10	Texas	24–10	9–7	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2010–11	Texas	28–8	13–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2011–12	Texas	20–14	9–9	5th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2012–13	Texas	16–18	7–11	7th	CBI first round
2013–14	Texas	24–11	11–7	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2014–15	Texas	20–14	8–10	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Texas:		402–180 (.691)	186–94 (.664)
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (2015–present)
2015–16	Tennessee	15–19	6–12	12th
2016–17	Tennessee	16–16	8–10	T–9th
2017–18	Tennessee	26–9	13–5	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2018–19	Tennessee	31–6	15–3	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2019–20	Tennessee	17–14	9–9	T–8th
2020–21	Tennessee	18–9	10–7	4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22	Tennessee	27–8	14–4	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 32
Tennessee:		150–81 (.649)	75–50 (.600)
Total:		754–395 (.656)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach

References

External links

• Tennessee Volunteers bio
• Texas Longhorns bio

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