Brian Barone
Brian Barone (born December 15, 1977)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: SIU Edwardsville Cougars
Current conference: Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
SIU Edwardsville record: 64-91 (.413)
Overall record: 64-91 (.413)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion: 0
- Ohio Valley Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | SIU Edwardsville |
| 2017-2019 | SIU Edwardsville (asst) |
| 2014-2015 | Green Bay (assoc. HC) |
| 2010-2014 | Green Bay (asst) |
| 2008-2010 | Indiana (DBO) |
| 2007-2008 | Marquette (CBO) |
| 2003-2007 | Illinois State (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Garden City CC (asst) |
| 2001-2002 | Central Florida CC (asst) |
Brian Barone Facts
- Brian Barone
- Born December 15, 1977
- Hometown: College Station, Texas
- Alma Mater: Marquette University (BA, 2000 & MA, 2002)
- Son of Tony Barone, former head coach at Texas A&M, Creighton and of the Memphis Grizzlies
- Attended Texas A&M Consolidated HS in College Station, but also spent time in Peoria, IL and Omaha, NE growing up
- Started career at Texas A&M, playing for his father for two seasons and earning All-Big 12 honorable mention as a sophomore
- Transferred to Marquette in 1998 after his father was let go, finishing his career with the Golden Eagles
- Played for head coaches Mike Deane and Tom Crean; elected team captain as a senior in 2000-01
- Started his coaching career with one-year stints at Central Florida CC and Garden City CC (KS)
- Joined Porter Moser‘s staff at Illinois State in 2003, working with the Redbirds for four seasons
- Returned to Marquette in 2007, spending one year as operations and video coordinator on Crean‘s staff
- Followed Crean to Indiana in 2008, serving in a similar capacity for two seasons with the Hoosiers
- Hired as an assistant at Green Bay in 2010 by head coach Brian Wardle, Barone’s former teammate at Marquette
- Spent four seasons as an assistant and a fifth as associate head coach in Green Bay
- In 2017, Barone joined the staff of another former MU teammate, Jon Harris, at SIU Edwardsville
- Harris was let go in March 2019 and the school appointed Barone as the acting head coach
- In November 2019, the school gave him a contract extension to make him the Cougars’ head coach through 2023-24
- Led his 2022-23 team to the program’s first ever winning season at the D-I level, finishing 19-14
- Along with his wife, Mimi, has one son and three daughters
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