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m tf a | ^ ^ r m n Monday • April 13w
Barnes fixes ‘Tender-bend*
Texas hires Clemson’s Rick Barnes to fill head coaching vacancy left byPeip
Quick Facts on
Rick Barnes
Birth
Born Richard Dale Barnes on
July 17,1954 in
Hickory, N.C.
Education
Graduated
from Hickory
High in Hickory,
N.C. in 1973;
graduated from
Lenoir Rhyne
College with a
degree in Health
Physical Education in 1977.
Barnes
Coaching Experience
♦ Assistant Coach at North
State Academy (1977-78)
♦ Assistant Coach at Davidson
for 2 seasons (1978-80)
♦ Assistant Coach at George
Mason for 5 years (1980-85)
♦ Assistant Coach at Alabama
for 1 year (1985-86)
♦ Assistant Coach at Ohio State
for 1 year (1986-87)
♦ Head Coach at George Mason
for 1 year (1987-88) 20-10
♦ Head Coach at Providence Col
lege for 6 years (1988-94) 108-76
♦ Head Coach at Clemson for 3
years (1994-present) 56-34
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Clem
son’s Rick Barnes was named bas
ketball coach at Texas Sunday, re
placing Tom Penders, the
Longhorns’ winningest coach
who resigned after a player revolt.
Barnes met with Clemson play
ers in South Carolina late Sunday
and was to be formally introduced
at a news conference in Austin
Monday afternoon.
His hiring, announced Sun
day night in a faxed press release
from the university, and ends a
search that began when Penders
resigned April 2.
The search had focused on
Utah’s Rick Majerus until Sunday
morning, when negotiations broke
down with the Utes’ coach, ac
cording to two university sources
who spoke to The Associated Press
on condition of anonymity.
But Majerus had always been a
difficult target because he makes
roughly $1 million at Utah, and
Texas athletic director DeLoss
Dodds had said that the basketball
coach would not make more than
new football coach Mack Brown,
who earns $750,000 annually.
Penders made $550,000 per year.
Barnes, 43, met with Texas offi
cials Thursday in Atlanta and then
again in Dallas on Friday, and he
impressed screening committee
members with his hard-nosed, de
fense-minded approach.
Dodds has said he would like a
coach who stresses defense.
He also fit Dodds’ financial cri
teria, making just under $700,000
per year at Clemson.
Last year, Barnes spurned big
offers from Ohio State and Ten
nessee, signing a contract with
Clemson worth at least
$668,000 a year and another
$125,000 in bonuses.
An automatic $25,000 bonus
for making the NCAA tourna
ment this year meant that
Barnes’ base salary next year at
Clemson would have been
$693,000. He had a $ 100,000 buy
out clause in his contract.
Barnes, who was 74-48 in four
years at Clemson, was popular
with Tigers fans.
He earned a reputation as a
colorful personality by doing re
mote radio standups from Clem
son fan tailgate parties before
football games and by handing
out hot chocolate and pizza to
students who camped out for
tickets to then second-ranked
Clemson’s game against No. 4
Wake Forest last year.
He also earned a reputation as
a fiery competitor by getting in the
face of North Carolina coach Dean
Smith two years ago, accusing
Smith of unfairly badgering Clem
son players with criticism during
a regular-season game.
The Tigers set a school mark
with their third consecutive NCAA
appearance this year.
But it was not the year expect
ed. The Tigers started ranked
fifth in the country, but injuries
and inconsistency dropped
them out of the rankings shortly
after New Year’s.
Bad foul shooting and nagging
injuries to point guard Terrell
McIntyre led to eight Atlantic
Coast Conference losses by five
points or fewer.
After winning three of their fi
nal four games, the Tigers carried
a lot of confidence into the NCAA
tournament. But they were upset
in the First round by Western
Michigan and finished 18-14.
Barnes was to be without sev
eral key players next season
with the departure of senior and
leading scorer Greg Buckner,
the transfer of junior Tony
Christie and graduation of red-
shirt junior Iker Iturbe.
The Tigers reached |
tournament’s round!
1997, losing in double!
to Minnesota, whiclnlj
the Final Four
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