Rick Barnes earns Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame nomination for second straight year

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - For the second time in as many years, Tennessee Head Basketball Coach Rick Barnes has been named a nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Barnes is one of 24 men’s coaches nominated. Others include NBA Champion Doc Rivers, National Champion Head Coach Billy Donovan, Miami Head Coach Jim Larranaga, and Gonzaga Head Coach Mark Few.

Barnes was also a nominee in the class of 2024 but was not named a finalist.

He would be the first Tennessee Men’s Basketball Coach inducted into the hall and would join Bernard King as the only individuals associated with the program to be inducted.

Lady Vol legend Chamique Holdsclaw is a nominee. Holdsclaw joins Sue Bird, Maya Moore, and Sylvia Fowles, among others as women’s players to be nominated.

A full list of nominees can be found below.

NORTH AMERICAN NOMINATIONS

2008 United States Olympic Team (TEA)

Carmelo Anthony (PLA)*

Rick Barnes (COA)

Gene Bartow (COA)

John Beilein (COA)

Tom Chambers (PLA)

John Clougherty (REF)

Danny Crawford (REF)*

Terry Cummings (PLA)

Jack Curran (COA)

Bobby Dibler (REF)

Don Donoher (COA)

Billy Donovan (COA)*

Mark Few (COA)*

Robert Foley (COA)

Mike Gminski (PLA)

Anfernee Hardaway (PLA)

Lou Henson (COA)

Robert Horry (PLA)*

Marques Houtman (PLA)

Dwight Howard (PLA)*

Marques Johnson (PLA)

Marv Kessler (COA)

Bill Laimbeer (PLA)

Jim Larranaga (COA)

Mike Leonardo (COA)

Maurice Lucas (PLA)

Jack Madden (REF)*

Shawn Marion (PLA)

Rollie Massimino (COA)

Gary McKnight (COA)

Bill Morse (COA)

Dick Motta (COA)

Jack Nagle (COA)

Jim Phelan (COA)

Don Richardson (COA)*

Doc Rivers (COA)*

Lee Rose (COA)

Stan Spirou (COA)

Harry Statham (COA)

Amar’e Stoudemire (PLA)*

Reggie Theus (PLA)

Jerry Welsh (COA)

Buck Williams (PLA)

WOMEN’S NOMINATIONS

Leta Andrews (COA)

Jennifer Azzi (PLA)

Sue Bird (PLA)*

Lisa Bluder (COA)*

Doug Bruno (COA)

Cheryl Ford (PLA)

Wanda Ford (PLA)*

Sylvia Fowles (PLA)*

Bridgette Gordon (PLA)*

Chamique Holdsclaw (PLA)*

Becky Martin (COA)

Taj McWilliams-Franklin (PLA)*

Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA)

Maya Moore (PLA)*

Ticha Penicheiro (PLA)*

Ruth Riley (PLA)*

Mike Thibault (COA)*

Marian Washington (COA)

Dean Weese (COA)

Chris Weller (COA)

Andrew Yosinoff (COA)

CONTRIBUTOR NOMINATIONS

Micky Arison*

Pete Babcock

Dick Baumgartner

Henry Bibby

Bernie Bickerstaff*

Marty Blake

Tal Brody

Vic Bubas

Tremaine Dalton*

Bill Duffy*

Wayne Duke

Bill Foster

Mike Fratello

Bob Gibbons

Roberto Gonzales*

Simon Gourdine

Tim Grgurich

Dennis Jackson*

Junius Kellogg

Johnny “Red” Kerr

Tom Konchalski

Bobby Lewis

Dan Lynch

Fred McCall

Jack McCloskey

Jon McGlocklin

Speedy Morris

Dennis Murphy

Curly Neal

Jack Powers

Jim Riswold*

Will Robinson

Gene Shue

Otis “Dino” Smiley

Scott Tarter

Donnie Walsh

World Wheelers

INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS

David Blatt (COA)

Jean-Jacques Conceicao (PLA)

Mirza Delibasic (PLA)

Jorge Garbajosa (PLA)

Marc Gasol (PLA)*

Andrew Gaze (PLA)

Panaglotis Giannakis (PLA)

Giuseppe Giergia (PLA)

J.R. Holden (PLA)*

Dusan Ivkovic (PLA)

Andrei Kirilenko (PLA)

Vladimir Kondrashin (COA)

Marcos Leite (PLA)

Ettore Messina (COA)

Juan Carlos Navarro (PLA)

Andres Nocioni (PLA)

Fabricio Oberto (PLA)

Jose Ortiz (PLA)

Amaury Pasos (PLA)

Modesto Palauskas (PLA)

Togo Soares (PLA)

Penny Taylor (PLA)

Amaya Valdemore (PLA)

Ranko Zeravica (COA)

WOMEN’S VETERAN NOMINATIONS

1982 Cheyney State NCAA Final Four Team (TEA)

Molly Bolin (PLA)

Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)

Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA)

Fort Shaw Indians School (TEA)

John Head (COA)

Yolanda Laney (PLA)

Nashville Business College (TEA)

Lometa Odom (PLA)

Hazel Walker (PLA)

Valerie Walker (PLA)

VETERAN NOMINATIONS

1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)

1972 US Olympic Team (TEA)

Tom Blackburn (COA)

Charles Brown (PLA)

Freddie Brown (PLA)

Malcolm Brown (PLA)*

Boid Buie (PLA)*

Mack Calvin (PLA)

Jack Coleman (PLA)

Leroy Edwards (PLA)

Leo Ferris (CONT)

World B. Free (PLA)*

Travis Grant (PLA)

Bobby “Showboat” Hall (CONT)

Jack Hartman (COA)

Cam Henderson (COA)

Robert Hopkins (PLA)

Charles Keinath (PLA)

Greg Kelser (PLA)

Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)

Abe Lemons (COA)

Henry Logan (PLA)*

Loyola of Chicago (TEA)

Billy Markward (CONT)

Jack McKinney (CONT)

Bill Melchionni (PLA)

Francis Meehan (PLA)

Lucias Mitchell (COA)

Joe Mullaney (COA)

Richard Mullins (PLA)*

Willie Naulls (PLA)

Ben Newman (CONT)

Don Otten (PLA)

Louis Pieri (CONT)

Kevin Porter (PLA)

William J. Reinhart (CONT)*

Mel Riebe (PLA)

Glenn Roberts (PLA)

Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA)

Kenny Sailors (PLA)

Bernard “Red” Sarachek (CONT)*

Fred Schaus (CONT)

Sam Schulman (CONT)

Paul Silas (PLA)

Ralph Simpson (PLA)*

Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)

Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)

Cleo Vaughn (PLA)

Lambert Will (CONT)

Gus Williams (PLA)*

John Williamson (PLA)

Max Zaslofsky (PLA)

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