Willis Barnes Explained

Willis Barnes
Birth Date:22 October 1900
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1931
Coach Team2:Arizona State (line)
Coach Years3:1937–1941
Coach Team3:New Mexico (assistant)
Coach Years4:1942–1946
Coach Team4:New Mexico
Coach Years5:1947
Coach Team5:New Mexico (assistant)
Coach Years6:1950–1951
Coach Team6:New Mexico (assistant)
Coach Years7:1954–1955
Coach Team7:New Mexico (assistant)
Coach Sport8:Basketball
Coach Years9:1941–1943
Coach Team9:New Mexico
Overall Record:19–20–5 (football)
12–30 (basketball)
Bowl Record:1–1–1

Willis Lee Barnes (October 22, 1900 – March 22, 1976) was an American football, basketball, track and field, and boxing coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico from 1942 to 1946, compiling a record of 45–35–10. Barnes was also the head basketball coach at New Mexico from 1941 to 1943, tallying a mark of 12–30. Barnes came to the University of New Mexico in 1937 as an assistant football coach.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . N. M. Coach . . . . May 15, 1937 . 22 . October 19, 2018 . .