Harlon Barnett
Assistant Head Coach at Pittsburgh since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 29
- First season
- 1998
- Teams
- 7
Career
12 stints
- 1998–1999Princeton HS (OH)Defensive Backs
- 2000–2002Princeton HS (OH)dc
- 2003LSUGraduate Assistant
- 2004–2006CincinnatiDefensive Backs
- 2007–2014Michigan StateDefensive Backs
- 2015–2016Michigan StateAssistant Head CoachCo-Defensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2017Michigan StateAssociate Head CoachCo-Defensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2018–2019Florida StateDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2020–2023Michigan StateDefensive BacksInterim
- 2023Michigan StateHead CoachInterim
- 2024–2025NorthwesternAssistant Head CoachSafeties
- 2026–presentPittsburghAssistant Head CoachSafeties
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 11 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
22
- 2026Pat NarduzziCoached under · Pittsburgh
- 2024–2025David BraunCoached under · Northwestern
- 2023Chris KapilovicMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Courtney HawkinsMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Diron ReynoldsMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Effrem ReedMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Jay JohnsonMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Jim SalgadoMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Mark DantonioMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Ross ElsMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Scottie HazeltonMentored · Michigan State
- 2023T. J. HollowellMentored · Michigan State
- 2023Ted GilmoreMentored · Michigan State
- 2020–2023Mel TuckerCoached under · Michigan State
- 2019Mark CalaCoached under · Florida State
7 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
18
- 2026Cory SandersSucceeded · Pittsburgh
- 2024Blue AdamsSucceeded by · Michigan State
- 2024Jonathan SmithSucceeded by · Michigan State
- 2023Mel TuckerSucceeded · Michigan State
- 2020Adam FullerSucceeded by · Florida State
- 2020Paul HaynesSucceeded · Michigan State
- 2018Charles KellySucceeded · Florida State
- 2017Mark StatenSucceeded by · Michigan State
- 2015Pat NarduzziSucceeded · Michigan State
- 2007Chuck DriesbachSucceeded · Michigan State
- 2007Kerry CoombsSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2004Dameyune CraigSucceeded by · LSU
- 2004Jason WoodmanSucceeded by · LSU
- 2004Roy AndersonSucceeded by · LSU
- 2003James ColeySucceeded by · LSU
3 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
29 seasons
- Michigan StatePosition coach · 2007–202312
- Michigan StateCoordinator · 2015–20173
- CincinnatiPosition coach · 2004–20063
- Princeton HS (OH)Coordinator · 2000–20023
- NorthwesternCoordinator · 2024–20252
- Florida StateCoordinator · 2018–20192
- Princeton HS (OH)Position coach · 1998–19992
- PittsburghCoordinator · 2026 · current1
- Michigan StateHead coach · 20231
- LSUAnalyst · 20031
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Harlon Barnett. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.