Rick Barnes staying neutral with former players in NBA playoffs With three of his former pupils still playing in the NBA Playoffs, Tennessee coach Rick Barnes … The official site of the National Basketball Association. In addition, two-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament champion, current Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan , helped lead the Friars (as a player) to the Final Four in 1987. “There is … Here are the 20 guys who helped him amass his big career win total. Since that day, however, Barnes has gone 60-15, with win No. Rick Barnes has over 600 wins, has made a Final Four, coached two National Players of the Years and an eventual NBA MVP and champion, and taken two different teams to a No. Barnes signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2012. Barnes was hired in April 1998, and the basketball program immediately displayed his impact. And talent acquisition and development isn't even Barnes' calling card — he's been to 28 NCAA tourneys as a head coach (Texas, Clemson, Providence), more than the Vols have in their program history (20). Here's why that's Rick Barnes's greatest accomplishment. The Tennessee Volunteers made school history with three players taken in the 2019 NBA Draft. Top 20 Players to Play for 30-Year Head Coach Rick Barnes Rick Barnes has been coaching for now 30 full seasons. Harrison Barnes sits down with Jared Greenberg to talk about the Kings and his new contract. Four former players or coaches—Dave Gavitt, John Thompson, Rick Pitino, and Lenny Wilkens—are enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On October 31, 2012, the NBA suspended Barnes for one game after he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor for resisting, delaying or obstructing a police officer. In June 2013, Barnes was named Defensive Player of the Year for the Clippers. Anfernee Simons was the standout with a career-high 37 points and 9 assists. The Blazers defeat the Kings 136-131 with only six players seeing minutes for Portland. He went after Smith during the first round of the 1995 ACC Tournament, after Smith pointed a finger at one of Barnes’ Clemson players after a hard foul, telling him what he thought of the foul. Rick Barnes Dean Smith Rick Barnes, in his days as a young, fiery basketball coach, was never afraid to go after Dean Smith. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes speaks to his players during basketball practice at Pratt Pavilion on the University of Tennessee's campus on Thursday, October 4, 2018. While Barnes has put 17 players in the NBA since he took the Texas job in 1998, the Vols have contributed four. 20 Washington. Your home for scores, schedules, stats, news, NBA League Pass, NBA TV, video highlights, fantasy, rankings and more for NBA players and teams. Despite playing with just seven scholarship players for the majority of the 1998–99 season and opening the season with a 3-8 record, the Longhorns won 16 of their final 21 games, winning the regular season Big 12 conference championship by a two-game margin, and finishing the year … Durant has won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBA Finals MVP. Latest on Sacramento Kings small forward Harrison Barnes including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN 60 coming Saturday afternoon by the score of 75-62 on a neutral floor in Toronto against No. Harrison Barnes - Career stats, game logs, biographical info, awards, and achievements for the NBA and NCAA. Barnes, coach of the Tennessee Volunteers since 2015 after coaching Texas from 1998 to '15, said Ford called him about a month-and-a-half ago to let him know he would be graduating Friday. Richard Barnes (born July 17, 1954) is an American college basketball coach currently serving as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers. Barnes was hired in April 1998, and the basketball program immediately displayed his impact. “I think Rick is one of the elite coaches in the game,” ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas said.