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]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1900 |
| Died | March 22, 1976 (aged 75) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1931 | Arizona State (line) |
| 1937–1941 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| 1942–1946 | New Mexico |
| 1947 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| 1950–1951 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| 1954–1955 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1941–1943 | New Mexico |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–20–5 (football) 12–30 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 1–1–1 |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Lobos (Border Conference) (1942–1946) | |||||||||
| 1942 | New Mexico | 4–5–2 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1943 | New Mexico | 3–2 | NA | NA | L Sun | ||||
| 1944 | New Mexico | 1–7 | 0–2 | NA | |||||
| 1945 | New Mexico | 6–1–1 | 1–0–1 | NA | W Sun | ||||
| 1946 | New Mexico | 5–5–2 | 4–2–1 | 3rd | T Harbor | ||||
| New Mexico: | 19–20–5 | 8–8–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–20–5 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "N. M. Coach". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. Associated Press. May 15, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved October 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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