Rod Barnes

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Bentonia, MS
  • Received Naismith Award emblematic of national coach of the year in 2001
  • Assistant coach at Mississippi under Ed Murphy for one season in 1988-89, at Livingston (AL) University under Rick Reedy for three seasons from 1990-91 through 1992-93, back at Mississippi under Rob Evans for five seasons from 1993-94 through 1997-98, and at Oklahoma under Jeff Capel III for one season in 2006-07
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Lee Hunt and Murphy (11.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.4 apg, 1.5 spg, 47.6 FG%, 80.5 FT%). All-SEC second-team selection as a senior
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (one: AP/USA)--2001 (14/9).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1998-99

Mississippi

20-13

8-8

T-3rd

SEC (Western)

NCAA (1-1)

1999-00

Mississippi

19-14

5-11

T-5th

SEC (Western)

NIT (2-1)

2000-01

Mississippi

27-8

11-5

1st

SEC (Western)

NCAA (2-1)

2001-02

Mississippi

20-11

9-7

3rd

SEC (Western)

NCAA (0-1)

2002-03

Mississippi

14-15

4-12

T-5th

SEC (Western)

DNP

2003-04

Mississippi

13-15

5-11

T-4th

SEC (Western)

DNP

2004-05

Mississippi

14-17

4-12

T-5th

SEC (Western)

DNP

2005-06

Mississippi

14-16

4-12

T-5th

SEC (Western)

DNP

2007-08

Georgia State

9-21

5-13

T-10th

Colonial

DNP

2008-09

Georgia State

12-20

8-10

8th

Colonial

DNP

2009-10

Georgia State

12-20

5-13

T-9th

Colonial

DNP

2010-11

Georgia State*

11-18

2011-12

Cal State Bakersfield

* Replaced by Paul Graham on an interim basis for the CAA Tournament (1-1 record).