Staff Directory

John Barrett

Title:
Assistant Coach

John Barrett enters his third season as assistant coach with the Duke soccer program. A 1969 graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Barrett owns a vast amount of coaching experience on the collegiate level. He came to Duke after serving as the head coach of the DePaul men’s soccer team for nine seasons. That stint included a 1994 campaign that featured DePaul’s winningest season in school history, a 12-5-1 record leading to Barrett being named Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year.

Prior to taking over the DePaul program, Barrett already had 14 years of head coaching experience. His first collegiate head coaching job came in 1972 at Nasson College in Maine. After one season, Barrett left Nasson to take over the helm at Southeastern Massachusetts. From 1973-77, he compiled a 49-7-6 record and led SMU to four conference titles and three appearances in the national playoffs.

Barrett then moved from the sidelines to an administrative office as he served as the first full-time men's athletic director at Western Connecticut State University.

After leaving Western Connecticut, Barrett joined on as a member of the coaching staff of the under-19 men's state select soccer team in Connecticut. He held that position from 1984-87.

In 1985, Barrett became the head coach at the University of New York at New Paltz, a position he held for one year. He then moved on to Fairfield University where he coached during the 1986 and 1987 seasons.

Along with his coach of the year honor at DePaul in 1994, Barrett was inducted into the Southeastern Massachusetts Hall of Fame in 1989.

Barrett and his wife, Becky, are the parents of five children.