The former Auburn and UTEP head coach fills the spot formerly held by Barry Rohrssen, who left last month to become associate head coach at St. John's. Barbee played for Calipari at Massachusetts and has worked either as his graduate assistant or assistant coach for nine seasons at that school and Memphis. He was also an assistant at Wyoming.
Barbee said in a statement Friday that he enjoyed last season in Lexington and added, "I'm looking forward to returning to the bench as a coach. ... I'm grateful to Coach Cal for giving me the opportunity to represent this prestigious program and university in this capacity."
