Kim Barnes Arico Biography
Kim Barnes Arico is an American women’s basketball coach, who is the current head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women’s basketball team.
She was previously the head coach of the St. John’s University women’s basketball team.
Barnes currently holds the record for most wins at the program and led the Red Storm to their first-ever Sweet Sixteen appearance in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
Kim Barnes Arico Age
Barnes was born on August 9, 1970, in Mastic Beach, New York. She is 48 years old as of 2018.
Kim Barnes Arico Husband
Barnes is married. She is married to Larry Arico. Larry is a former head college football coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University–Florham (FDU) Devils and William Paterson University (WPU) Pioneers football programs.
He coached the two NCAA Division III colleges, both located in New Jersey, from 1997 to 2004 and compiled an overall record of 16–65.
Barnes and Larry have three children together; a son, Trevor, and daughters Emma and Cecelia.
Kim Barnes Arico College
Stony Brook University
Barnes is native of Mastic Beach, N.Y., where she helped lead Stony Brook University to the 1989 NCAA Division III Tournament as a freshman.
Montclair State University
She later spent her final three seasons at Montclair State University, serving as captain during her junior and senior seasons.
Barnes led the team to back-to-back ECAC Tournament appearances in 1991 and 1992 and was the team’s leading scorer both seasons. A scholar-athlete award recipient, Barnes Arico graduated from Montclair State in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health.
After graduation, Barnes went into teaching, accepting a position as a physical education and health teacher at the Academy of Saint Aloysius in Jersey City, N.J., during the 1993-94 academic year.
She left Saint Aloysius and moved into an identical position at Chatham High School from 1994-96 in Chatham, N.J.
Kim Barnes Arico Michigan Wolverines
Barnes joined Michigan as the head coach in 2012. During the 2017–18 season, she became the most successful coach in Michigan Wolverines women’s basketball program history.
Barnes led Michigan to its first postseason championship in 2016-2017, as the Wolverines captured the WNIT Championship after being left out of the NCAA Tournament despite a third-place finish in the Big Ten.
The Wolverines went 11-5 in conference play to finish alone in third place, its highest finish since 2011 and the second-most Big Ten wins in program history.
They regrouped during the WNIT, reeling off six straight wins for the title. They held off Georgia Tech in three overtimes in the championship game to hang its first banner in Crisler.
The 2017-18 season saw U-M return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2012-13 season, where the Wolverines picked up a win in the first round.
They compiled a 23-10 record during the season, the second-most wins in a season in school history.
Barnes is the only coach in program history with six straight 20-win seasons. She signed a contract extension with the Wolverines through the 2022–23 season on July 12, 2018.
St. John’s University
Prior to joining Michigan, Barnes was head coach of the St. John’s University women’s basketball team.
Her career at St. John’s officially began on May 7, 2002, when she was named the seventh head coach in the then 28-year history of the women’s basketball program.
She also had completed a two-year stint with USA Basketball (2014-15), serving as an assistant coach alongside Dawn Staley (South Carolina) and Jeff Walz (Louisville) for the U18 (2014) and U19 (2015) teams.
Kim Barnes Salary
Under her new contract which takes her through the 2022-23 season, Barnes will be earning at least $728,000 a year.
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