Tony Barbee
Tony Barbee (born August 10, 1971)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Central Michigan Chippewas
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
UTEP record: 82-52 (.612)
Auburn record: 49-75 (.395)
Central Michigan record: 35-58 (.376)
Overall record: 166-185 (.473)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2010)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2009)
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2008, 2009)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2010)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Central Michigan |
| 2020-2021 | Kentucky (assoc. to the HC) |
| 2015-2020 | Kentucky (asst) |
| 2014-2015 | Kentucky (special asst) |
| 2010-2014 | Auburn |
| 2006-2010 | UTEP |
| 2000-2006 | Memphis (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | UMass (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Wyoming (asst) |
| 1996-1998 | UMass (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | UMass (grad. asst) |
Tony Barbee Facts
- Anthony Michael Barbee
- Born August 10, 1971
- Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Alma Mater: University of Massachusetts (BA, 1993)
- Played at UMass for head coach John Calipari, where he was twice named Second-team All-A10
- After a short professional playing career in Spain and France, Barbee returned to UMass as a graduate assistant for Calipari
- Promoted to full-time assistant in 1996 under new head coach Bruiser Flint
- Spent one year at Wyoming under Steve McClain and one more with Flint at UMass before rejoining Calipari in Memphis in 2000
- Hired as the UTEP head coach in 2006, going 82-52 overall in four seasons and winning 23+ games twice
- Won a C-USA title in 2010 and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament; was named C-USA COY that season
- Became the Auburn head coach in 2010, where he went 49-75 in four seasons before being fired in 2014
- Rejoined Calipari once again in 2014 at Kentucky, first as a special assistant then elevated to assistant coach a year later
- Hired in April 2021 to be the new head coach at Central Michigan in the MAC
- After winning 17 total games the previous two years, the 2023-24 Chips went 18-14 and Barbee was named MAC COY
Tony Barbee Coaching Tree
- Omar Gonzalez (Texas A&M Kingsville)
- Shane Heirman (Incarnate Word)
- Tony Madlock (Alabama State, South Carolina State, Ole Miss)