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In seven seasons at Northwestern, he compiled a 35-45-1
record, which included the outright Big Ten Conference title in
1995 and a shared championship in 1996. He took the Wildcats to
their first bowl game in 47 years when the ’95 team played USC in
the Rose Bowl. His 1996 squad went to the Citrus Bowl, marking
the first time Northwestern ever went bowling in back-to-back
seasons.
In fact, Barnett led Northwestern to two of its first three bowl
appearances in its school history, and coached the Wildcats to
two winning seasons in his tenure (1995 and 1996), matching the
school’s total in its previous 31 seasons. NU was 10-2 in 1995, with
an 8-0 mark in Big Ten play, and 9-3 in 1996, posting a 7-1 record in
league action. He was named the Big 10 Coach of the Year both
seasons, and he won 18 citations in all as the Big 10 and/or
national Coach of the Year for 1995.
Northwestern was honored with the 1998 AFCA’s Outstanding
Academic Award, as the Wildcats boasted the nation’s highest
graduation rate for the class of 1992. All 22 of Barnett’s recruits
that year graduated, and all doing so in four years.
Northwestern made its first appearance in the national polls in
1995 since December 6, 1971 under Barnett. The Wildcats were
ranked No. 8 in the Associated Press and No. 7 in the USA
Today/CNN (coaches) final polls that year, and were No. 15 in the
AP and No. 16 in the USAT/CNN final ballots for 1996.
Barnett became the first Colorado head coach to come to
Boulder from an immediate head coaching position in the college
ranks since 1974, when Bill Mallory joined CU after spending five
years as head coach at Miami, Ohio. Chuck Fairbanks came to CU
in 1979 from the New England Patriots, Bill McCartney in 1982
from Michigan where he was defensive coordinator, and Rick
Neuheisel was promoted in 1995 from within to succeed
McCartney.
He got his start in the coaching profession at his alma mater,
the University of Missouri. After lettering as a senior at wide
receiver for legendary head coach Dan Devine, he graduated from
MU with a bachelor’s degree in social studies in 1969. He earned
his master’s in education from MU in 1971, working that spring as
a graduate assistant under coach Al Onofrio.
Barnett moved to Colorado that summer and spent the next
two years as offensive coordinator at Air Academy High School in
Colorado Springs. He was named head coach at Air Academy in
1973, a position he held for the next nine years. At Air Academy,
his teams reached the state semifinals twice (1980, 1981) and won
six conference titles. He was considered one of the state’s finest
prep coaches before leaving the school to become head coach at
Fort Lewis College in Durango.
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He coached the Raiders for two seasons (1982-83), compiling
an 8-11-1 mark. In 1982, he guided FLC to a 4-5-1 mark, its best
record in five years, and his 1983 team finished 4-6. The 1984
team, made up of players primarily recruited by Barnett, won its
first and only Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title in football.
McCartney brought Barnett into the Division I-A football ranks
on February 20, 1984, naming him CU’s running backs coach. A
BARNETT vs. THE NATION
School W L T Pts Opp
Air Force........................... 2 0 0 44 16
Baylor ............................... 2 1 0 101 42
Boston College................. 2 1 0 84 98
Central Florida................. 0 1 0 28 59
Colorado State................. 2 3 0 135 137
Duke.................................. 2 1 0 72 77
Florida State..................... 0 1 0 7 47
Fresno State ..................... 0 1 0 22 24
Hawaii ............................... 1 0 0 47 21
Illinois ............................... 4 3 0 135 146
Indiana.............................. 3 2 0 89 83
Iowa................................... 3 4 0 156 201
Iowa State......................... 4 1 0 168 111
Kansas .............................. 4 1 0 196 132
Kansas State..................... 2 3 0 106 150
Miami, Ohio...................... 0 2 0 28 30
Michigan........................... 2 3 0 55 104
Michigan State ................. 1 4 0 96 139
Minnesota ....................... 3 1 0 116 100
Missouri............................ 5 0 0 175 132
Nebraska .......................... 2 3 0 174 147
NAIA Opponents.............. 8 10 1 371 357
Notre Dame ...................... 1 3 0 51 126
Ohio State......................... 0 5 0 41 184
Ohio Univ.......................... 1 0 0 28 7
Oklahoma ......................... 2 3 0 100 114
Oklahoma State ............... 2 0 0 59 40
Oregon.............................. 0 1 0 16 38
Penn State ........................ 1 5 0 105 203
Purdue .............................. 3 2 0 108 123
Rice ................................... 1 1 0 53 48
San Diego State................ 1 0 0 34 14
San Jose State .................. 2 0 0 114 50
Stanford............................ 0 1 1 65 76
Tennessee ........................ 0 1 0 28 48
Texas................................. 1 2 0 60 106
Texas A&M ....................... 2 0 0 57 40
Texas Tech ....................... 1 2 0 68 70
UCLA ................................. 2 0 0 47 31
UNLV ................................. 1 0 0 41 7
USC.................................... 0 3 0 49 98
Wake Forest...................... 1 2 0 73 69
Washington ...................... 0 2 0 38 48
Washington State ............ 0 1 0 26 47
Wisconsin......................... 3 5 0 184 249
BARNETT’S BOXSCORE Overall Conference
Season School W L T Pct. Pts Opp W L T Pct. Pts Opp Finish/Conf.
1982 Fort Lewis ....................... 4 5 1 .450 204 204 3 4 1 .438 176 180 5th/RMAC
1983 Fort Lewis ....................... 4 6 0 .400 195 212 4 4 0 .500 160 138 4th/RMAC
1992 Northwestern ................. 3 8 0 .273 170 373 3 5 0 .375 139 247 6th/Big 10
1993 Northwestern ................. 2 9 0 .182 185 335 0 8 0 .000 125 273 10th/Big 10
1994 Northwestern ................. 3 7 1 .318 210 351 2 6 0 .250 140 258 10th/Big 10
1995 Northwestern ................. 10 2 0 .833 311 181 8 0 0 1.000 204 99 1st/Big 10
1996 Northwestern ................. 9 3 0 .750 336 278 7 1 0 .875 215 182 t-1st/Big 10
1997 Northwestern ................. 5 7 0 .417 239 282 3 5 0 .375 141 201 8th/Big 10
1998 Northwestern ................. 3 9 0 .250 214 337 0 8 0 .000 93 251 11th/Big 10
1999 Colorado.......................... 7 5 0 .545 405 311 5 3 0 .625 242 176 3rd/Big 12*
2000 Colorado.......................... 3 8 0 .273 252 284 3 5 0 .375 200 222 4th/Big 12*
2001 Colorado.......................... 10 3 0 .769 412 318 7 1 0 .875 243 190 1st/Big 12*
2002 Colorado.......................... 9 5 0 .643 398 325 7 1 0 .875 281 175 1st/Big 12*
2003 Colorado.......................... 5 7 0 .417 319 398 3 5 0 .375 228 255 t-4th/Big 12*
Career (14 seasons) .................. 77 84 2 .479 3850 4189 55 56 1 .496 2587 2847 ……………
Colorado (5 seasons) .................... 34 28 0 .548 1786 1636 25 15 0 .625 1194 1018 ……………
Home: 41-34-2 Road: 32-40-0 Neutral: 4-10-0 Vs. Ranked Teams (Top 25): 20-35-1 (Top 5: 2-12; Top 10: 5-23)
*—North Division (CU won Big 12 overall title in 2001).