Rod Barnes
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cal State Bakersfield |
| Conference | WAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 8, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Ole Miss |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Ole Miss |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1993 | Livingston (asst.) |
| 1993–1998 | Ole Miss (asst.) |
| 1998–2006 | Ole Miss |
| 2006–2007 | Oklahoma (asst.) |
| 2007–2011 | Georgia State |
| 2011–present | Cal State Bakersfield |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
SEC West Division championship (2001) WAC regular season championship (2017) WAC Tournament championship (2016) |
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| 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) |
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Rodrick Kenneth Barnes (born January 8, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball program. He previously served as head coach for the Georgia State University men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association. Barnes was also head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Mississippi.
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.
When Rob 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.
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