Karen Barefoot

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Karen Barefoot
Playing career
1991–1995 Christopher Newport
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2001 The Apprentice School
2001–2005 Lenoir–Rhyne
2005–2008 Old Dominion (assistant)
2008–2011 Elon
2011–2017 Old Dominion
2017–2022 UNC Wilmington
Head coaching record
Overall356–272(.567)

Karen Barefoot is an American basketball coach. She recently was head coach for the UNC Wilmington women's basketball team. Barefoot is the first basketball player to record 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in a career for any NCAA division, male or female.

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Playing career

Barefoot, a Newport News, Virginia native, [1] played high school basketball at Menchville High School, earning Most Outstanding Player honors from Peninsula Sports Club four times. [2] She received scholarship offers from several colleges but chose to remain close to home and attended Christopher Newport University along with Sharon, her twin sister. [3]

During her career at Christopher Newport, playing under coach Cathy Parson, she helped the team to three NCAA tournament invitations. In her freshman year the team made it to the Sweet 16. She earned Kodak/WBCA All-America honors during her career and was named the All–USA South Atlantic conference player of the year twice. [4] She continued her domination of the Peninsula Sports Club honors, winning the most outstanding player award four times during her college career. [2] She was the national leader in assists in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 among Division III schools, amassing a total of 1002 assists in her career still the only Division III player to record over 1000 assists in a career. [5] In addition to her assists records, Barefoot is the first basketball player to record 2000 points and 1000 assists in a career for any NCAA division, male or female. [2]

Barefoot was inducted into the Christopher Newport University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. [2]

Christopher Newport statistics

Source [6]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MIN Minutes MPG Minutes per game
 PTS Points PPG Points per game RBS  Rebounds  RPG  Rebounds per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  Field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsPPGFG%3P%FT%APGBPGSPG
1991Christopher Newport2744116.352.1%18.2%72.2%9.8--
1992Christopher Newport2854619.543.2%34.6%69.9%8.1--
1993Christopher Newport2845716.345.5%22.9%70.8%8.40.04.6
1994Christopher Newport2562925.242.4%26.0%76.6%10.90.05.2
Career108207319.245.1%25.9%72.6%9.30.02.4

Coaching career

After completing her playing career and graduating, she formed the first ever athletics program for women at The Apprentice School, Located in Newport News, Virginia in 1995. She served as head coach for six seasons, culminating in a 24–3 record and a national championship in the National Small College Athletic Association. [1] She was named the NSCAA National Coach of the Year in both 1999 and 2001. [7]

In 2001, Barefoot moved to Lenoir Rhyne, a division II school in Hickory, North Carolina. she remained there for four years, recording double-digit wins in each year, and tying for first place in the South Atlantic Conference in 2004. [8]

After four years there, Barefoot accepted a position as assistant coach under the legendary Wendy Larry at Old Dominion. She was very familiar with the ODU program because she had attended many games with her father and grandfather. She had a favorite player — Nancy Lieberman— in whose honor Barefoot chose to wear number 10 as a player number at Christopher Newport. [9]

After three years as an assistant coach at the Division I level, Barefoot was invited to become the head coach of Elon. The first year turned out to be challenging as the team only won five games. In her third season, the team won 20 games the best results ever for the school as a Division I team and reached the quarterfinals of the WBI. [10]

In 2011, Wendy Larry left Old Dominion after 24 seasons and the school reached out to Barefoot to become the new head coach. [11] Barefoot remained at Old Dominion for six seasons, which included three invitations to the WNIT and advancement to the second round of the WNIT in 2014 and 2015.

In 2017, Barefoot was named coach of the UNC Wilmington women's basketball program. [12]

Head coaching record

Sources: [2] [13] [14]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
The Apprentice School (USCAA independent)(1995–2001)
1995–96Apprentice 12–2
1996–97Apprentice 13–12
1997–98Apprentice 15–8
1998–99Apprentice 16–114–1NSCAA Third Place
1999–00Apprentice 23–55–2NSCAA Fourth Place
2000–01Apprentice 24–34–0NSCAA National Champions
Apprentice:103–41 (.689)13–6 (.684)
Lenoir–Rhyne (South Atlantic Conference)(2001–2005)
2001–02Lenoir–Rhyne 19–99–7
2002–03Lenoir–Rhyne 18–127–7T-3rd
2003–04Lenoir–Rhyne 17–1111–3T-1st
2004–05Lenoir–Rhyne 16–129–53rd
Lenoir–Rhyne:70–44 (.614)36–22 (.621)
Elon (Southern Conference)(2008–2011)
2008–09Elon 5–262–1811th
2009–10 Elon 12–196–14T-7th
2010–11Elon 20–1312–84th WBI Quarterfinals
Elon:37–58 (.389)20–40 (.333)
Old Dominion (Colonial Athletic Association)(2011–2013)
2011–12Old Dominion 11–217–11T-8th
2012–13 Old Dominion 19–1210–8T-4th WNIT First Round
Old Dominion:30–33 (.476)17–19 (.472)
Old Dominion (Conference USA)(2013–2017)
2013–14 Old Dominion 18–169–7T-6th WNIT Second Round
2014–15 Old Dominion 21–1311–7T-4th WNIT Second Round
2015–16 Old Dominion 17–1710–85th
2016–17 Old Dominion 17–1411–76th
Old Dominion:73–60 (.549)50–29 (.633)
UNC Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association)(2017–present)
2017–18 UNC Wilmington 12–194–14T-8th
2018–19 UNC Wilmington 18–1211–7T-3rd
2019–20 UNC Wilmington 10-206-128th
2020–21 UNC Wilmington 3–50–2
UNC Wilmington:43–56 (.434)15–23 (.395)
Total:356–272 (.567)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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