With 17 years under his belt and over 400 wins, Rick Barnes certainly made a home in Austin. Barnes was the head coach of Texas from 1998 to 2015, making 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Following a repeated pattern of a lack of success in the NCAA Tournament, a change was made at the top of the program.
Barnes was the perfect man at the perfect time to clean up the Tennessee basketball program, and the rest is history. Texas has struggled ever since, to put it mildly.
Back in 2022, Barnes made his return to Austin for the first time on the opposing sideline.