Adam Barrett enters his third season as the associate head coach for the Saint Francis U women's basketball program in 2015-16.
Barrett helped coach Alexa Hayward to one of the best scoring outputs in Saint Francis history in 2014-15. She leaves Saint Francis U ranked fourth all-time in scoring at 1,779 career points. Hayward also graduates as the all-time leader in 3-pointers made (300) and attempted (946). Hayward was named a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-America Selection and was invited to the exclusive WNBA ProHoops combine. That marks the second consecutive season SFU has had a representative at the combine held at the NCAA Final Four.
Barrett’s first season at Saint Francis U was a successful one, the Red Flash advanced to its second consecutive Northeast Conference Championship game. It was SFU’s 16th trip to its conference title game in the past 21 seasons, a mark that ranks second in the country to only Connecticut (20). Barrett also helped coach Alli Williams to the highest scoring mark in NEC history at 25.3 points per game, en route to another All-NEC First Team season. Saint Francis also led the league in scoring by a staggering margin at 82.4 points per game.
As an assistant coach under Beth Burns at San Diego State in 2012-13, Barrett helped San Diego State to a 27-7 overall record, setting a program record for most victories in a single season en route to its second consecutive Mountain West Conference regular-season title. The Aztecs finished the season ranked 19th in the NCAA in scoring defense, allowing a mere 52.7 points per game.
At SDSU, Barrett had primary resposibility for guards, including 2013 Mountain West Player of the year Chelsea Hopkins and Courtney Clements, who was signed by the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.
During the 2011-12 season, Barrett helped the Great Danes to their first-ever America East Conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance. Albany finished its campaign with a 22-9 overall record to set the school's Division I record for victories and had two players garner first-team all-league accolades, including defensive player of the year Ebone Henry. Barrett focused on the Great Danes' defense, particularly in full-court press situations, and helped the squad rank in the top 20 nationally, reaching as high as 15th in scoring defense at 53.4 points per outing.
The Rexburg, Idaho, native moved to Albany after spending one year as the Executive Director of Tarkanian Basketball Academy in Las Vegas, where he was in charge of organizing youth teams, camps and tournaments. He also worked for two years as an instructor with the Nike Regional Skills Academy and started the Utah Swoosh girls' club program, which produced 13 Division I signees from 2009-12.
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Barrett was a highly successful prep coach in the Pacific Northwest, including five years at Auburn Riverside High School in Auburn, Wash. He compiled a 105-32 overall record with the Ravens and helped the program go from 5-13 in the year prior to his arrival to back-to-back state championships in 2007 and 2008. Auburn Riverside recorded its first winning season in school history in his inaugural campaign at the helm and a year later, made the first state tournament appearance in either boys or girls basketball.
Barrett's squads went 74-12, including a 45-1 mark in league action, over his final three seasons with the Ravens and were ranked in the top-20 nationally twice. He was tabbed the state coach of the year in both 2007 and 2008 and tutored two state players of the year.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Eastern Oregon University, where he was an assistant men's coach under his brother Jared Barrett from 2001-02. He then began the prep ranks at Grant Union High School in Oregon from 2001-03, helping the girls' basketball team to a 10-win improvement from his first to his second season, as well as a league title in 2003. He also coached the Prospector volleyball squad, which finished second at the state tournament in 2002.
A 2002 graduate of Eastern Oregon with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education, he has worked as a personal trainer for former NBA player, Dan Gadzuric. Barrett and his wife Stephanie have three children: Cash, Paisley, and Taj.
