Jason Barnes as Wide Receivers Coach in January 2025. The 2025 season will be his first with the Hilltoppers.
Barnes joined the WKU coaching staff after spending two seasons at Charlotte, where he served as Wide Receivers Coach in 2024 and as an Offensive Analyst in 2023.
He has also had stops at Coastal Carolina as an Offensive Analyst, at Bridgewater College as Wide Receivers Coach and at Georgia Military College as Wide Receivers Coach during his career. Barnes began his coaching career at Dutch Fork High School in South Carolina, where he spent six seasons.
Barnes played wide receiver at South Carolina from 2007-11, where he appeared in 51 games over the course of his career. Following his time in Columbia, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native played professionally with the San Diego Chargers and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Barnes and his wife, Nicole, are the proud parents of two children: Jada and Jace.
