Miyah Barnes

Biography

Miyah Barnes enters her second season as the UAB women’s basketball assistant coach for the 2025-26 season. Barnes spent four seasons in the Green in Gold from 2016-20. For Barnes’ first season with UAB as an assistant coach, she helped guide Sara Bershers and Jade Weathersby to be named AAC Honorable Mention, along with Weathersby who earned a spot on the AAC All-Conference Second Team. For the 2024-25 campaign she helped guide the team to rank nationally in defensive rebounds per game (25th – 28.2), 3-point field goals per game (26th – 8.4) and blocks per game (31st – 4.4). The Blazers also ranked in the top five in eight categories in the American Athletic Conference, which includes 3-point field goals per game (1st – 8.4), blocks per game (1st – 4.4), defensive rebounds per game (3rd – 28.2), assists per game (3rd – 14.3), free throw percentage (3rd – 72.8), field goal percentage (3rd – 41.4), 3-point field goal percentage (3rd – 33.2) and points per game (5th – 67.0). Barnes began her collegiate career at UAB for the 2016-17 season where she appeared in all 30 games and made a freshman-high 27 starts. During her freshman season she was named Conference USA Freshman of the Week twice and netted doubles figures 10 times throughout the season. Barnes finished the season with 30 triples made which was the 11th most by a UAB freshman in program history. She also helped the team set the program record for 3-point field goal percentage (37.3) and finished second in school histo

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