Rick Barnes gives as good as he takes.
The 71-year-old has taken his sweet time, for instance, getting around to winning a national championship. Thirty-two years at three major programs touting the color orange, but he’s still in the red when it comes to grabbing a hold of that special Waterford Crystal trophy come April.
On the other hand, Barnes has given plenty of himself wherever he’s coached across half a century in the business. At Texas, for instance, he started a college savings fund for every staff member as soon as that staffer became a parent.