Barnes Named Wrestling Assistant Coach
SOURCE: www.ubbulls.com
June 06, 2016

 


BUFFALO, NY - Former Mid-American Conference champion wrestler Le'Roy Barnes has been hired as an assistant coach for the University at Buffalo wrestling program, head coach John Stutzman announced on Monday. Barnes was a two-year letterwinner at Missouri and won the MAC title at 157 lbs. in 2016.

"Le'Roy is a tremendous hire for our program and comes highly recommended from Coach Smith at Missouri," Stutzman said. "Having wrestled for Missouri and being a part of a program that has won multiple MAC Championships while producing National Champions, All-Americans and Olympians, his knowledge and energy is exactly what we need right now to continue moving our program forward. I am excited to bring him to Buffalo."

Barnes began his wrestling career at Neosho County Community College where he was the NJCAA National Champion in 2013 after posting a season record of 37-7. He went 41-10 and finished third at the National Championships his freshman season.

After redshirting his first year at Missouri, Barnes went 22-8 with 10 falls, two major decisions and two tech falls during the 2014-15 campaign. The following season, he made the jump from 141 lbs. to 157 lbs. and posted a 26-11 record, won the MAC title and advanced to the NCAA Championships. Missouri won the MAC title and was ranked in the top five in the country all three seasons he was there.

"I'm excited to work with the wrestling team here at Buffalo," Barnes said. "The coaching staff is extremely motivated, the athletes are bought in and the administration gives this program what it needs to be successful. This team is headed in a great direction and I'm excited to contribute to that."

"The best thing about Le'Roy is that he believes in what we are doing here as he has seen the progress from the other side," Stutzman said.


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