Christian Barnhill - Director of Basketball Operations - Women's Basketball Support Staff

Christian Barnhill

Title:
Director of Basketball Operations
Email:
christian.barnhill@usm.edu

Barnhill returned to Southern Miss in June of 2019 to become the Director of Basketball Operations for the Lady Eagles.

Barnhill spent one season at Tulsa as their Video Coordinator for the women's basketball. While at Tulsa, Barnhill oversaw all aspects of the teams video needs. He also helped with scouting, on campus recruiting, creating recruiting mailouts, graphics for social media, creating highlight tapes, and summer basketball camps.

Prior to Tulsa, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Stevenson on the men’s basketball staff. Barnhill primarily oversaw team operations with regards to equipment, team travel, scheduling, and academics. He was involved in scouting, game planning, recruiting, and worked primarily with post players during practice.

Barnhill also served on staff for the 2018 Reese’s NABC College All-Star Game where he helped facilitate operations and equipment for the event during the 2018 Men’s Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.

Previously, Barnhill served as a student manager at Southern Miss for four years, with the last three as the head manager under head coach Doc Sadler. Along with the primary duties of managing equipment and assisting with drills during practice, he assisted with video operations, scouting, scheduling, team travel, and on-court player development. He was involved with recruiting, social media, as well as both official and unofficial visits by recruits to the program. He also helped with fundraising for the Southern Miss Hardwood Club, and was instrumental in the planning and organization of the summer basketball camps held by the program. Along with Barnhill, Coach McNelis’ son Connor worked as a manager as well.

Barnhill graduated from Southern Miss in May of 2017 with his degree in Sports Coaching Education and held a Leadership Scholarship. He also worked on campus in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and was an active member of the Physical Education Majors Club. Barnhill completed a master’s degree from Stevenson University in communications in May 2019.