Johnny Barr

	Position: Director of Football Recruiting
	Alma Mater: Oklahoma 1970

Professional

• A 38-year veteran of college coaching, Johnny Barr returns to Stillwater after serving as coordinator of on-campus recruiting at Texas A&M from 2004-07. Barr was co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Bob Simmons at Oklahoma State in 1995 and 1996 and was the Cowboys' outside linebackers coach under Pat Jones from 1986-88

• Barr is well-known in Big 12 circles, as in addition to his first two stints at Oklahoma State and his most recent time at Texas A&M, he also coached linebackers at Oklahoma from 1989-94 and at Kansas in 2001 before moving on to coach safeties at Texas Tech in 2003.

• His career path has also taken him to stops at Arizona State, where he coached linebackers from 1997-2000, Texas State, where he was defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 1983-85 and Lamar, where he coached the secondary from 1979-82.

• Barr entered the coaching profession as freshman receivers coach at Oklahoma in 1970 before moving on to become a varsity assistant coach at Lufkin (Texas) HS from 1971-72 and Clear Creek (Texas) HS from 1973-74. He was offensive coordinator at Navarro Junior College from 1975-78 before getting into the Division I coaching level at Lamar.

• Barr has been part of 12 bowl teams in his career.

Playing Career

Barr was a three-year letterman at Atlanta High School in Texas and was an all-state quarterback and an all-east Texas safety. He played college football at OU, where he was a defensive back and set Bluebonnet Bowl records as a receiver for most receptions, most touchdown catches and most points scored in that bowl game.

Personal

• Barr graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1970 with a degree in business education. He is married to the former Christi Groce and has four children, Allie and Caroline (5-year-old twins), OSU grad Stephanie Stallsmith and Stacy Bruce.