Barry Hinson

Hometown: Marlow, Okla. Position: Director of Men's Basketball Operations

Barry Hinson was named Director of Men's Basketball Operations in May 2010. Prior to that appointment, he served two seasons at Kansas as the director of external relations for men's basketball.

Prior to coming to Kansas, Hinson was the head coach at Missouri State for nine seasons. While at Missouri State, Hinson guided the Bears to eight winning seasons, with four postseason NIT teams. He also had three of the 10 best RPI ratings ever to not make the NCAA Tournament, including being left out in 2006 with a 21 RPI.

Hinson was the last coach at Missouri State to coach the team when it was known as Southwest Missouri State before it became Missouri State. Hinson finished at MSU as the fourth winningest basketball coach in school history with a 169-117 record.

Hinson's Bears racked up three 20-victory seasons, advanced to the finals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament three times, made the postseason four times and had eight winning campaigns and seven MVC first division regular-season finishes.

Most impressive on Hinson's resume is the 23 of the 26 players who completed their eligibility as seniors for the Bears with Hinson received undergraduate degrees from Missouri State. Thirteen of Hinson's pupils went on to play pro basketball in the NBA or overseas. The latest to join the latter group is Blake Ahearn, a 2007 graduate who finished his Missouri State career as the all-time NCAA Division I record holder in both single season and career free throw percentage.

Hinson's 2005-06 team finished 22-9 and had the 21st-best RPI in the nation at the end of the season. Missouri State beat Stanford and Houston in the first two rounds of the NIT before losing at Louisville in the quarterfinals of the event.

Hinson, a native of Forth Worth, Texas, made MSU his first coaching venture outside his home state after having held six coaching positions in Oklahoma since his 1983 graduation from Oklahoma State University with a degree in secondary social sciences.

Hinson moved up as head coach at Oral Roberts in 1997 after spending four years as an assistant coach to current Kansas head coach Bill Self. Hinson had records of 19-12 and 17-11 in two years as ORU head coach and tied for two Mid-Continent Conference regular-season titles.

Prior to ORU, Hinson spent eight years as a high school coach, including six seasons as head coach at Tulsa Bishop Kelley. He had a year each as an assistant at Stillwater High School and Edmond Memorial High School and three seasons as head coach at Stillwater Junior High.

Hinson and his wife, Angie, have two daughters. Tiffany was married in 2004 to Niles Thomason and the couple lives in Colorado. Ashley is a 2006 graduate of Missouri State and lives in Springfield, Mo.