Jessica Barnes

Biography

Jessica Barnes joined the Liberty staff as an assistant swimming coach, becoming the first assistant coach in program history, as the 2010-11 women’s swimming team completed its inaugural campaign. She was elevated to associate head coach in Aug. 2019, a title she currently holds. Barnes has been instrumental in recruiting and training. The recruiting class for 2011-12 received mention from CollegeSwimming.com for deepening its talent pool with a large class. Liberty has posted a 136-41 dual-meet record, leading the Lady Flames to seven conference titles (2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and six conference runner-up finishes (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) to date. The Lady Flames’ seven-year CCSA/ASUN title run (2019 through 2025) is the longest run of consecutive CCSA/ASUN Championships since the league began in 2008. Liberty will join The American Conference as an affiliate member for women's swimming & diving on July 1, 2025. The Lady Flames won the 2025 ASUN Women's Swimming & Diving Championship in their last year in the conference, winning for the seventh year in a row. For the meet, Liberty recorded 26 podiums and 13 event victories, setting five ASUN records and five ASUN meet records. Shannon Icard was named Most Outstanding Diver of the Meet, while Kamryn Cannings was named Most Outstanding Female Swimmer of the Meet and Aly Bozzuto was named Most Outstanding Female Freshman of the Meet. Bozzuto and Cannings both went on to represent Liberty at the 20