Scott Barnes (born June 23, 1962) is the vice president and athletic director at

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. He was previously the athletic director at

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and the

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Career

During his tenure at

, Barnes greatly increased funding for all Aggie sports, and oversaw the hiring of football coach

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and the completion of the Jim & Carol Laub Athletics-Academics Complex on campus. He also worked to improve the public image and visibility of Aggie sports, which included inking deals with statewide and national TV stations, as well as a sponsorship deal with the Maverik chain of service stations, resulting in the renaming of the university's

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in April 2015. On May 8, 2013, Barnes was named chairman of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's selection committee. His work was recognized with the awarding of the 2009 National Champion in the Excellence in Management Cup to USU, an award which is given each year to the university athletics department that wins the most championships with the lowest expenses. The Aggies brought in WAC championships in five sports during the 2008–09 academic year, tied for the most in school history. Barnes was also recently selected as a faculty member in the Division I Athletics Director Association Institute. As the athletics director, Barnes's work was integral in improving the overall image of Utah State University itself, which image had taken a hit in recent years due to the futility of the

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team. The ''New York Times'' quoted him as saying "Athletics are the front porch of the university. It's not the most important room in the house, but it is the most visible." On December 22, 2016, Barnes was reunited with Gary Andersen and named the Athletic Director and Vice President at Oregon State University. Before going to OSU, Barnes served as athletics director at

and Eastern Washington University. He has also held positions at the

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and the

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. He attended

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, where he played basketball.

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Pittsburgh profile

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