Steve Barnes

Steven Theodore Barnes (born June 22, 1957) is an American basketball coach who last served as the associate head coach at Colorado State University.

Early life and education Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Barnes grew up in North Carolina before moving to Arcadia, California and graduating from Arcadia High School in 1975. Barnes first played junior college basketball at Citrus College before transferring to Chico State in 1977. After playing his final year of eligibility at Azusa Pacific in the 1979–80 season, Barnes completed his bachelor's degree at Azusa Pacific in 1985 after several years of working as a coach.

Barnes then was an assistant coach from 1985 to 1987 at Saddleback College, a junior college in Southern California. He then was an assistant at Cal Poly in the 1987–88 season. On April 29, 2002, Barnes resigned from San Jose State to return to Iowa State as associate head coach.

On May 1, 2003, Iowa State suspended Barnes for alleged threats against administrators in response to a suspension of Eustachy. Iowa State fired Eustachy, and Barnes was not retained for the following season.

Eustachy returned to coaching at Southern Miss in 2004 and hired Barnes as associate head coach. Colorado State went 0–2 with Barnes as head coach, with a 76-67 loss to Nevada on February 3 and 78–73 loss to Air Force on February 6. On February 10, Colorado State placed Barnes on leave as well.

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