Faith Driven Athlete

Episode 3 - Regrets? Everyone Has Them with Rick Barnes

Episode Summary

Today’s guest is one of the greatest basketball coaches in UT history—we’re talking the University of Texas and the University of Tennessee. Rick Barnes opened up to us about his incredible career, but he also took us one layer deeper—to the faith in God that forms the foundation of all he does, as a man, a coach, and a dad.

Episode Notes

Today’s guest is one of the greatest basketball coaches in UT history—we’re talking University of Texas and University of Tennessee. Rick Barnes took the University of Texas to the NCAA tournament in 16 out of his 17 seasons as his head coach. And as the current coach for Tennessee, he’s a recent recipient for the Naismith College Coach of the Year. 

We talked to him about all of this, but he took us one layer deeper—to the faith in God that forms the foundation of all he does, as a man, a coach, and a dad. 

We think you’ll love our conversation with Coach Rick Barnes. As always, thanks for listening.

Useful Links:

Rick Barnes Lives His Life for the Lord

The Best Thing I Learned from Rick Barnes

Rick Barnes Testimony

Faith Lifts Up Tennessee Basketball Team