Houston Barrick

Biography

Houston Barrick enters his ninth season as head coach of the Spiders ahead of the 2025-26 season after being named to the post prior to the 2017-18 campaign. In 2024-25, Barrick led Richmond to its third straight winning season and third consecutive appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals. The Spiders posted a 12-9 overall record, went 4-2 in conference play and earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament. Richmond finished 5-2 at the Westhampton Tennis Complex and reached the A-10 semifinals before falling 4-2 to No. 2 VCU. Barrick coached Davis Wiley and Dylan Atkinson to A-10 All-Conference First Team honors while Cole Brashear and Paxton Pritchard earned spots on the second team. With five freshmen on the roster in 2023-24, Barrick led Richmond to a 14-8 overall record that included a 6-1 mark in A-10 action, a 5-4 record at the Westhampton Tennis Complex, an even 3-3 road record and a 6-1 mark on neutral courts. The Spiders downed No. 7 St. Bonaventure to open the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship. Barrick also coached Daniel Kliebhan to All-Conference First Team accolades while Wiley, Pritchard and Sebastian Miano picked up second team honors. In 2022-23, Barrick guided the Spiders to a 14-9 record and a 3-2 mark in conference play. The team went 5-1 at home and made a strong A-10 Championship run, defeating No. 10 Fordham 4-0 before narrowly falling to No. 6 Dayton 4-3 in the semifinals. Kliebhan earned first team honors, while William Karpinski and John Walsh we