Adelphi University Athletics

Kim Barnes Arico grew up in Mastic Beach, New York, and did not travel too far from William Floyd High School to continue her basketball career in college, attending nearby Stony Brook University. As a freshman, she helped the Seawolves earn a spot in the 1989 NCAA Division III Tournament, before transferring to Montclair State for her final three seasons.

At Montclair State, Barnes Arico flourished as a player, serving as a captain in her final two seasons while leading the Red Hawks in scoring. She guided Montclair State to back-to-back ECAC Tournament appearances in 1991 and 1992, while earning her degree in physical education and health.

Barnes Arico went into teaching after graduation, accepting a position as a physical education and health teacher at the Academy of Saint Aloysius in Jersey City, N.J., during the 1993-94 academic year. She left Saint Aloysius and moved into an identical position at Chatham High School in Chatham, N.J., from 1994-96.

In 1996, Barnes Arico started her collegiate coaching career at Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison, leading the Devils to a 13-11 record in her first season on the bench, before accepting the head coaching post at New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1997. Barnes Arico Helped the highlanders transition from Division III to Division II, and was named the New Jersey Coach of the Year after taking the program from a five-win total in her first season to 11 victories in year two.

In 1999 she joined the staff at Adelphi University as Assistant Athletic Director and head women’s basketball coach and had an immediate impact, tying the program record for wins in just her first season with 18. She also led Adelphi to its first ever postseason bid, qualifying for the ECAC Tournament and was named the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) Coach of the Year. The Brown and Gold got even better in her second year, finishing with a record of 19-11 and tying for second in the NYCAC regular season while placing second in the ECAC Tournament.

In Barnes Arico’s third season on the sidelines, Adelphi had a breakout year, winning its first NYCAC championship and advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. The Panthers won their first 21 games of the season, finishing 28-3 overall, and earned the school's first national ranking in program history. Adelphi completed the season ranked No. 12 in the final polls. Barnes Arico was named the NYCAC, NIT/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Division II and Nassau County Sports Commission Outstanding Female Coach of the Year.

Barnes Arico moved down the road from Garden City to Utopia Parkway in Queens in 2002, spending the next  10 seasons at the helm of the St. John's women's hoops program. She built the Red Storm into a national power and one of the elite teams in the Big East Conference. Barnes Arico guided St. John's to four NCAA Tournament appearances, with the Red Storm advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2012 after back-to-back second-round appearances (2010, '11). In 2006, she led St. John's to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988.

Barnes Arico led her Red Storm teams into postseason competition seven of her 10 seasons, with four NCAA Tournament berths and three WNIT appearances. She reached at least the second round of each national tournament in all seven appearances.

The winningest women's basketball coach in St. John's history, Barnes Arico compiled a 176-133 overall record with the Red Storm, with five 20-win campaigns, including three straight to end her tenure. She was twice named Big East Coach of the Year (2006, 2012) and had 11 of her players earn All-Big East honors and six receive all-rookie team selection.

Barnes Arico just wrapped up her second season at Michigan after leading the Wolverines to one of their most successful seasons in program history in 2012-13. U-M completed the 2013-14 regular season with an 18-13 mark, just the 10th time in school history that the Wolverines have won at least 18 games.

In typical Barnes Arico fashion, Michigan blossomed in her first season, posting a record of 22-11, which tied the mark for most wins in school history. The Wolverines also earned their second straight NCAA Tournament bid and advanced to the second round for the first time since 2001. U-M was ranked as high as No. 22 in the Associated Press poll during the season, the first time the Maize and Blue have been listed in the poll since the 2002-03 season.

Barnes Arico picked up her 300th career victory in 2013-14 when the Wolverines defeated Southern, 83-59, on Dec. 20. She was also named to the coaching staff of the USA Basketball U18 Team, marking the first time in her career that she has helped with USA Basketball.  Barnes Arico already has the fifth most wins in program history and was the fastest coach to reach 40 wins in Ann Arbor.

Barnes Arico and her husband, Larry Arico, are the parents of a son, Trevor, and daughters Emma and Cecelia.