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Coach Barber promoted to Assistant Athletic Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Gallaudet University Athletics Department is proud to announce the promotion of Jeb Barber to Assistant Athletic Director as announced by Director of Athletics Michael Weinstock on Monday. Barber is in the midst of his third season as the GU men's basketball head coach. He has also served the athletics department as the University's NCAA Compliance Officer for two years.

"Jeb has been an integral part of the Bison athletics department for the past three years. He has shown great leadership and teamwork among his colleagues and with the student-athletes. Plus, he worked three years as an Assistant Athletic Director at Stevenson University," said Weinstock.

The Bison won the GU Holiday Tournament for the second consecutive year under the guidance of Barber this season. Gallaudet (4-11) has won three consecutive games this season as they begin the second half of its Capital Athletic Conference schedule.

"This is truly an exciting opportunity for myself here at Gallaudet. I feel honored that the University administration and Mike felt highly of me and thought I would be the right fit in this position," said Barber.

A year ago, in only his second season, Barber led Gallaudet to a record of 11-14. That is just the 14th 10-win season in the school's 104-year history of playing basketball. Two of the wins came at Gallaudet's Annual Holiday Classic in which the Buff and Blue kept the hardware at home for the first time in the tournament's history as they defeated PSU-York and Maryland Bible College. In his first season at Gallaudet the Bison finished 6-19 overall, along with a conference record of 4-12, including two wins against his mentor Brett Adams the head coach at Stevenson University. The aspect that Barber is most proud of, however, is the fact that his team has boasted over a 3.0 GPA both years at the helm of the program.

Barber came to Gallaudet from Villa Julie College (currently Stevenson University), where he was the Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Information Director, Head Coach of Men's Tennis and Head Assistant Coach of Men's Basketball. Barber is also an alumnus of Villa Julie College, where he majored in Interdisciplinary Studies: Education and Psychology, in 2001. He then earned his Master's Degree from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) where he majored in Exercise Science and Athletic Administration in 2005.

 Barber joined the Villa Julie athletics staff after graduating from VJC. He was the Head Basketball Assistant for six years under Adams. His basketball duties included being the chief recruiter as well as planning and execution of day-to-day practices. He was an integral part of taking a team that was 7-18 the year before he joined the coaching staff, to a team that went 58-27 over the final three years of his tenure. Under his assistance the Mustangs earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament in 2006, and an automatic berth after winning the North Eastern Athletic Conference championship in 2007. In 2006, the Mustangs made it to the round of 32 after they defeated the No. 1 seed in the pod Baruch College on its home court, before they fell to William Patterson University. The two NCAA tournament appearances were the first in the school's history for men's basketball.

Barber and his wife, Tricia, reside in Mechanicsville, Md., and are the proud parents of three children; daughters Cali and Peyton and their son Carson.