Richard Barron (basketball)

Richard Barron
Biographical details
Born (1969-02-03) February 3, 1969 (age 55)
Playing career
1988–1991Kenyon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1996Sewanee (men's asst.)
1996–2001Sewanee (women's)
2001–2007Princeton (women's)
2007–2009Baylor (women's asst.)
2009–2011NC State (women's asst.)
2011–2017Maine (women's)
2018–2022Maine (men's)
Head coaching record
Overall21–75 (.219) (men's)
236–228 (.509) (women's)

Richard Barron is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach of the University of Maine men's basketball team.[1] Barron previously served as the head coach of Maine's women's basketball team from 2011 to 2017 before taking a leave of absence, due to medical issues.[2] Barron is one of the few people to coach both a men's and women's basketball at the NCAA Division I level.[3]

  1. ^ "Barron named UMaine men's basketball head coach following Walsh's decision not to extend contract - Maine, University of". Maine, University of. 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ Lee, Travis (2017-04-05). "Amy Vachon named UMaine interim women's basketball coach next season". WMTW. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  3. ^ John Feinstein (2019-01-11). "Coaching both men's and women's basketball is rare. How Richard Barron did it is amazing". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.