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White Extends Rick Barnes' Contract Following Sweet Sixteen Appearance​

Following a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2023, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced that he has extended Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes' contract through the 2027-28 season.

Tennessee's fortunes on the hardwood have never looked brighter, as Barnes, the most decorated and accomplished head coach in school history, has led the Volunteers to new heights in his eight seasons on Rocky Top. The 2023-24 campaign will be his ninth at Tennessee and his 37th as a head coach.

"We are thrilled to be able to extend Rick and continue to build on the tremendous men's basketball program he has developed here on Rocky Top," White said. "He has infused a fantastic culture within our team and our players have represented Tennessee in a first-class manner both on the court and in the classroom.

"Our fans have responded to help create an electric atmosphere on gamedays and I can't wait to watch the Vols continue our quest for more championships under Rick's leadership."

During the Barnes era, Tennessee has made five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2018-23), won at least 25 games four times and earned a top-four NCAA Tournament seed four times. The Vols also have made 38 appearances in the top 10 of the Associated Press national rankings and have spent four weeks ranked No. 1 in the country.

"Tennessee has always been great to me and my family," Barnes said. "I thank Danny and this great University for the opportunity as we gear up for the upcoming season. With all of the excitement surrounding campus and the city of Knoxville as a whole, I'm thrilled that we can continue being a part of that positive momentum on campus. I'm extremely blessed and don't take any of it for granted. It's an exciting time to be a Vol."

Dating to the start of the 2017-18 season, Tennessee leads all SEC programs in total wins with 144. Barnes was the 2019 Naismith College Coach of the Year after guiding Tennessee to a school-record-tying 31 wins and a Sweet Sixteen appearance. The Vols also authored a program-record 19-game win streak, logged three wins over top-five opponents and spent a month ranked atop both major top-25 polls.

During eight seasons under Barnes, the Vols are 108-22 (.831) at Food City Center. Twice during the Barnes era, UT has posted a perfect record at home, going 18-0 in 2018-19 and 16-0 in 2021-22.

Barnes is steadily approaching the 800-win mark, currently standing at 779 career coaching victories.
 
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Makes sense. Now, I do hope one of our major sports programs can become 'elite' (Men's basketball, Women's basketball, Football, Baseball). Baseball is perhaps closest...
 
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Have the same concerns as others with the way his coaching can be at times (game management, offense), but I like this move. It gives some more stability to the program and helps establish a pathway to the post-Barnes era.

From the outside looking in, I think this was a good move by White. Now if Barnes can deliver on his end, I think this could pay dividends.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
Is there such a thing in basketball as an offensive coordinator? If there is I hope Barnes coaches until 2030.
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Barnes' teams have been in dire need of one for the past several years.
I'm tired of seeing our team have an outstanding regular season only to flop at the Big Dance.
 
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Pretty standard move to extend the contract if there's no sign of a potential hotseat (of course, no signs of a hotseat in Barnes's case). I speculate his postseason performances had little to no bearing on this extension, but I could be wrong.
 
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Pretty standard move to extend the contract if there's no sign of a potential hotseat (of course, no signs of a hotseat in Barnes's case). I speculate his postseason performances had little to no bearing on this extension, but I could be wrong.
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You always keep at least 4 full years on any coach’s contract. Otherwise it signals to recruits that he won’t be there for their whole career. He will get this extension every year until he leaves
 
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Extending Rick’s contract is probably a perfunctory move and makes perfect sense. All those years wandering in the parched desert of anonymity for our club are a distant memory for most of us ( I’m sure there’s a few here who don’t remember them at all). I personally love defense so I’ve enjoyed watching Rick’s teams. Hopefully this years team can be special.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Didn’t take long to just call it Food City Center only
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What really sucks is the realization that Kentucky sold the naming rights for Rupp Arena, making their complex's name "Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center," the exact same setup that Tennessee has with Food City, except no one -- and I mean no one -- calls Kentucky's basketball arena anything other than Rupp Arena. So the Food City thing is clearly a choice, and it seems pretty obvious that Tennessee has no problem discarding the original name.
 
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From UT

White Extends Rick Barnes' Contract Following Sweet Sixteen Appearance​

Following a run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2023, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White announced that he has extended Tennessee basketball head coach Rick Barnes' contract through the 2027-28 season.

Tennessee's fortunes on the hardwood have never looked brighter, as Barnes, the most decorated and accomplished head coach in school history, has led the Volunteers to new heights in his eight seasons on Rocky Top. The 2023-24 campaign will be his ninth at Tennessee and his 37th as a head coach.

"We are thrilled to be able to extend Rick and continue to build on the tremendous men's basketball program he has developed here on Rocky Top," White said. "He has infused a fantastic culture within our team and our players have represented Tennessee in a first-class manner both on the court and in the classroom.

"Our fans have responded to help create an electric atmosphere on gamedays and I can't wait to watch the Vols continue our quest for more championships under Rick's leadership."

During the Barnes era, Tennessee has made five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2018-23), won at least 25 games four times and earned a top-four NCAA Tournament seed four times. The Vols also have made 38 appearances in the top 10 of the Associated Press national rankings and have spent four weeks ranked No. 1 in the country.

"Tennessee has always been great to me and my family," Barnes said. "I thank Danny and this great University for the opportunity as we gear up for the upcoming season. With all of the excitement surrounding campus and the city of Knoxville as a whole, I'm thrilled that we can continue being a part of that positive momentum on campus. I'm extremely blessed and don't take any of it for granted. It's an exciting time to be a Vol."

Dating to the start of the 2017-18 season, Tennessee leads all SEC programs in total wins with 144. Barnes was the 2019 Naismith College Coach of the Year after guiding Tennessee to a school-record-tying 31 wins and a Sweet Sixteen appearance. The Vols also authored a program-record 19-game win streak, logged three wins over top-five opponents and spent a month ranked atop both major top-25 polls.

During eight seasons under Barnes, the Vols are 108-22 (.831) at Food City Center. Twice during the Barnes era, UT has posted a perfect record at home, going 18-0 in 2018-19 and 16-0 in 2021-22.

Barnes is steadily approaching the 800-win mark, currently standing at 779 career coaching victories.
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CRB should surpass the 800 win mark this season.
 
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Voltopia said:
What really sucks is the realization that Kentucky sold the naming rights for Rupp Arena, making their complex's name "Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center," the exact same setup that Tennessee has with Food City, except no one -- and I mean no one -- calls Kentucky's basketball arena anything other than Rupp Arena. So the Food City thing is clearly a choice, and it seems pretty obvious that Tennessee has no problem discarding the original name.
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I think this was a trial run to gauge pushback. If they could get away with naming rights for Neyland they 100% would regardless of what has been stated.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
I think this was a trial run to gauge pushback. If they could get away with naming rights for Neyland they 100% would regardless of what has been stated.
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You should probably accept the selling of Neyland naming rights as inevitable at this point. This AD needs as much cash flow as possible right now between 1) all the renovations going on 2) the big raise we just gave the football coaches and 3) the fact that we have to pay an $8 million fine for the Pruitt violations.

The only alternative is going to be to raise ticket prices and donations again, and that will not go over well with fans given the direction that this football season appears to be going.
 
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SGMVols said:
This team shouldn’t have any trouble winning 21
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Yup. He needs 25 wins to reach 200 at UT, as well. I think there’s like an 80% chance of reaching 800 overall and 65% chance of reaching 200 at Tennessee this season
 
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Lankykong said:
Offense has changed consistently the past 2 years to be more about 3 PT shooting. Look at the volume of shots and where they were taken
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You’re wasting your time trying to spread the truth to those with a negative impression of CRB. They look to blame Barnes for every loss and every player who fails to meet their recruiting ranking. Their minds are made up and not open for change.
 
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