Rod Barnes

Rod Barnes
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCal State Bakersfield
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record196–212 (.480)
Biographical details
Born (1966-01-08) January 8, 1966 (age 58)
Satartia, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1988Ole Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1993West Alabama (assistant)
1993–1998Ole Miss (assistant)
1998–2006Ole Miss
2006–2007Oklahoma (assistant)
2007–2011Georgia State
2011–presentCal State Bakersfield
Head coaching record
Overall382–401 (.488)
Tournaments3–4 (NCAA Division I)
5–2 (NIT)
2–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SEC West Division (2001)
WAC regular season (2017)
WAC tournament (2016)
Awards
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2001)
Hugh Durham Award (2017)
SEC Coach of the Year (2001)
2× WAC Coach of the Year (2016, 2017)

Rodrick Kenneth Barnes (born January 8, 1966) is an American college basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach a California State University, Bakersfield, a position he has held since 2011. Barnes held the same position at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1998 to 2006 and Georgia State University from 2007 to 2011.

Playing and early coaching career

Barnes played college basketball at the University of Mississippi of the NCAA Division I's Southeastern Conference from 1985 to 1988. He earned All-SEC and All-America honorable mention honors in 1988. Barnes earned his business administration degree in 1989 and left Ole Miss to become an assistant coach at Livingston University in 1990. In 1993, Barnes returned to Ole Miss to serve as an assistant coach to Rob Evans. Barnes helped coach Ole Miss to consecutive 20-win seasons and NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship berths in 1997 and 1998.

Head coaching career

When Evans departed for Arizona State University in 1998, Barnes was promoted to head coach of Ole Miss. Barnes coached them for eight seasons, building a 141–109 record. In his first year, Barnes tallied Ole Miss' first-ever NCAA Tournament win. The Rebels had been one of the few longstanding members of a "power conference" to have never won an NCAA Tournament game. He was named 2001 Naismith College Coach of the Year and the 2001 SEC Coach of the Year after leading Ole Miss to a school-record 27-win season in 2000–01 which included a trip to the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship—the deepest NCAA tournament run in school history.

However, Barnes would only garner one other winning season after the Sweet 16 appearance. He was fired after the 2005–06 season in which Ole Miss started 13–3 but lost 13 of their last 14 games. Barnes served as an assistant coach at the Oklahoma during the 2006–07 season.

On March 19, 2007, Barnes was hired as the head coach of the men's basketball team at Georgia State University of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association. On February 26, 2011, it was announced that Barnes would not return as head coach at Georgia State.[1] On March 30, 2011 Rod Barnes was named head men's basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield.

In his fifth season in Bakersfield, Barnes led the Roadrunners to the programs' first appearance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. CSUB earned its berth with a buzzer-beating victory over New Mexico State in the finals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.[2] Barnes's squad fell to Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but he earned a five-year contract extension at the end of the campaign.[3] He was also named a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award, given annually to the top minority coach in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball.[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Ole Miss Rebels (Southeastern Conference) (1998–2006)
1998–99 Ole Miss 20–13 8–8 T–3rd (West) NCAA Division I second round
1999–00 Ole Miss 19–14 5–11 T–5th (West) NIT quarterfinal
2000–01 Ole Miss 27–8 11–5 1st (West) NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2001–02 Ole Miss 20–11 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA Division I first round
2002–03 Ole Miss 14–15 4–12 T–5th (West)
2003–04 Ole Miss 13–15 5–11 T–4th (West)
2004–05 Ole Miss 14–17 4–12 T–5th (West)
2005–06 Ole Miss 14–16 4–12 T–5th (West)
Ole Miss: 141–109 (.564) 50–78 (.391)
Georgia State Panthers (Colonial Athletic Association) (2007–2011)
2007–08 Georgia State 9–21 5–13 12th
2008–09 Georgia State 12–20 8–10 8th
2009–10 Georgia State 12–20 5–13 9th
2010–11 Georgia State 12–19 6–12 9th
Georgia State: 45–80 (.360) 24–48 (.333)
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (NCAA Division I independent) (2011–2013)
2011–12 Cal State Bakersfield 16–15 CIT first round
2012–13 Cal State Bakersfield 14–16
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–2020)
2013–14 Cal State Bakersfield 13–19 5–11 7th
2014–15 Cal State Bakersfield 14–19 7–7 T–4th
2015–16 Cal State Bakersfield 24–9 11–3 T–2nd NCAA Division I first round
2016–17 Cal State Bakersfield 25–10 12–2 1st NIT semifinal
2017–18 Cal State Bakersfield 12–18 5–9 T–6th
2018–19 Cal State Bakersfield 18–16 7–9 T–5th CIT quarterfinal
2019–20 Cal State Bakersfield 12–19 6–10 7th
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (Big West Conference) (2020–present)
2020–21 Cal State Bakersfield 15–11 9–7 5th
2021–22 Cal State Bakersfield 9–19 2–12 T–9th
2022–23 Cal State Bakersfield 11–22 6–14 8th
2023–24 Cal State Bakersfield 13–19 8–12 9th
Cal State Bakersfield: 196–212 (.480) 78–96 (.448)
Total: 382–401 (.488)

      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

References

  1. ^ "Barnes Not Retained as Men's Basketball Coach". georgiastatesports.com. Georgia State University. February 27, 2011. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  2. ^ "Basile's Buzzer Beater Sends CSUB To NCAA Tournament". Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Barnes Agrees to Five-Year Contract Extension". Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Finalists Announced". Retrieved July 12, 2016.