Rod Barnes

Rod Barnes

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Cal State Bakersfield
Conference	WAC
Biographical details
Born	(1966-01-08) January 8, 1966
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
Awards
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2001) SEC Coach of the Year (2001)

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.

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 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. 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 University of 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 30th, 2011 Rod Barnes was named head men's basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ole Miss (Southeastern Conference) (1998–2006)
1998–99	Ole Miss	20–13	8–8	T–3rd (West)	NCAA 2nd Round
1999–00	Ole Miss	19–14	5–11	T–5th (West)	NIT Quarterfinals
2000–01	Ole Miss	27–8	11–5	1st (West)	NCAA Sweet 16
2001–02	Ole Miss	20–11	9–7	3rd (West)	NCAA 1st 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	50–78
Georgia State (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	11–18	6–12	9th
Georgia State:		44–79	24–48
Cal St. Bakersfield (Independent) (2011–2013)
2011–12	Cal St. Bakersfield	16–15			CIT 1st Round
2012–13	Cal St. Bakersfield	14–16
Cal St. Bakersfield (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Cal St. Bakersfield	13–19	5–11	7th
2014–15	Cal St. Bakersfield	14–19	7–7	T–4th
2015–16	Cal St. Bakersfield	0–0	0–0
Cal State Bakersfield:		57–69	12–18
Total:		242–257
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