Rick Barnes: a lasting legacy at Texas. Even though Barnes left Austin under some pressure nine years ago, his imprint remains on the program’s record books as well as on the current coaching staff.

— -- Rick Barnes has been fired as the coach of the Texas Longhorns after 17 seasons, multiple sources told ESPN. Texas athletic director Steve Patterson informed Barnes that his tenure is ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Sitting amid summertime umbrellas and thatched roofs at the lakeside restaurant Hula Hut, Texas coach Rick Barnes is telling a decade-old tale about an East Coast prospect he ...

TEXAS: 'This is about an Aggie:' As Tennessee's Rick Barnes returns to Texas, a beloved Texas A&M fan is close to his heart. Barnes coached at Texas from 1998-2015, going 402-180. He won three Big ...

Tennessee plays Texas on Saturday with a spot in the NCAA men's tournament Sweet 16 on the line. Rick Barnes coached at Texas for 17 seasons.

With 17 years under his belt and over 400 wins, Rick Barnes certainly made a home in Austin. Barnes was the head coach of Texas from 1998 to 2015, making 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament ...

Barnes has resurrected this Texas program, but to do that, he first had to fix the team’s culture. MORE : NBCSports.com’s 2014-2015 Big 12 Preview Rick Barnes had just finished the worst season of his ...

No one has seen better basketball in Austin than Tennessee coach Rick Barnes, who coached the Texas basketball team from 1998-2015 and returned on Saturday as the opposing coach.. Barnes, who ...

Rick Barnes entered this season on the hot seat. But he's off to a surprising 16-4 start that might allow him to extend his career at Texas.

Rick Barnes has already done this.. The Tennessee basketball coach is returning to Texas again, going back to his home for 17 years and to the school he coached to more than 400 wins.

Rick Barnes voices his displeasure at a call during the second half Tennessee’s 62-58 NCAA Tournament win over Texas. Getty Images. Tennessee’s first-round win over Saint Peter’s on Thursday ...

CHARLOTTE — The other day, Tennessee men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes was lamenting having to play Texas in the NCAA tournament’s round of 32, and not just because the seventh-seeded ...