Karen Barefoot Last College: Christopher Newport '95 Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Third Season

Karen Barefoot begins her third season with the Lady Monarchs.

Since Barefoot joined the Old Dominion staff in 2005, the Lady Monarchs have compiled a 46-18 overall mark, including a 34-2 record in Colonial Athletic Association competition.

During her first year with the team, Old Dominion captured its 15th Colonial Athletic Association title with 22-9 overall mark. In year number two with the Lady Monarchs, Barefoot helped Old Dominion capture its 16th consecutive CAA championships and finish out the season with a 24-9 record.

Barefoot came to Old Dominion after serving as the head coach at Division II Lenoir-Rhyne for four seasons. While at the helm of the Bears program, she compiled a 70-44 record capturing the school's first ever South Atlantic Conference Tournament Title and NCAA Division II playoff berth in 2003 and the schools' first ever regular season championship in 2004.

The 2004 SAC Co-Coach of the Year, Barefoot coached Lenior-Rhyne's first ever NCAA First Team All-American, South Atlantic Player of theYear, and SAC Tournament Most Valuable Player. Additionally, under her guidance the Bears had four student-athletes earn All-SAC honors and 13 student-athletes named to the SAC Commissioner's honor roll.

Prior to her stint at Lenior-Rhyne, Barefoot spent six winning seasons at the Apprentice School after helping to initiate and develop the first-ever female athletic program in the 75-year history of the school. A two-time NSCAA National Coach of the Year (1999 & 2001), she compiled a 102-43 mark and captured the 2001 NSCAA National Championship. Under Barefoot, the Builders had seven NSCAA All-Americans and four Academic All-Americans.

As a former student-athlete at Christopher Newport, in nearby Hampton, Barefoot still holds the recognition of being the only player in NCAA history, male or female, to score over 2,000 points and accumulate 1,000 assists. For four straight seasons she led the nation in assists and is CNU's all-time leader in scoring, assists, and steals.

A three-time Kodak/WBCA All-American, she has been inducted into the CNU Athletic Hall of Fame and had her college jersey (No. 10) retired. In 2006 she was named to USA South's 25th Anniversary Team.

During the summer, Barefoot helps direct the Old Dominion girl's basketball day and team camps.