Tennessee basketball announced a contract extension with basketball coach Rick Barnes on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025.

The active leader in career wins by an NCAA head coach has a seat at the table in Knoxville for as long as he would like.

Over the last two seasons, Barnes has coached Tennessee to back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, which is a first in program history. Since taking over in Knoxville, Barnes has transformed the ...

Rick Barnes has received a lifetime contract with Tennessee basketball amid the most successful run in the program's history.

Rick Barnes has job security at Tennessee for as long as he wants to continue coaching. Barnes received a lifetime contract ...

Since taking over the men's basketball program in 2015, Barnes has led the Vols to two SEC titles and seven NCAA tournament appearances, including back-to-back Elite Eights.

Head basketball coach Rick Barnes has agreed to a lifetime contract with the Tennessee Volunteers. On Thursday, it was announced that head men's basketball coa ...

Barnes, who is entering his 39th season as a head coach in college basketball, is the Division I active wins leader with 836. He was the SEC Coach of the Year in 2018 and the Naismith Coach of the ...

Tennessee men's basketball head coach Rick Barnes signed a lifetime contract on Thursday. The 2025-26 men’s basketball campaign will mark the 11th season for the Vols under Barnes. He has compiled a ...

The Tennessee Volunteers have agreed to a lifetime contract with head men's basketball coach Rick Barnes, the school announced on Thursday.

Barnes and Tennessee have agreed to a "lifetime contract" that will keep him in Orange and White for the foreseeable future, ...

While we don’t know how many more years Rick Barnes will be coaching, we know all of them will be spent at the University of Tennessee. The Tennessee men’s ...