Henry Barrera

Biography

Henry Barrera joined the Alabama men's basketball program in May of 2022 as the Tide's Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach. Barrera comes to Tuscaloosa after spending seven years with Liberty University, serving as the Flames' men's basketball director of performance from 2015-18 before being promoted to director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports. During his tenure at Liberty, the Flames achieved a combined 166 victories (166-61) over seven seasons, averaging 23.7 wins per season with a .731 winning percentage. Liberty won three consecutive ASUN regular season and tournament championships (2019, 2020, 2021) and made five postseason appearances including three NCAA Tournament berths, highlighted by the 2019-20 season when Liberty notched a school-record 30 victories and recorded their first-ever NCAA Tournament win. Before Liberty, Barrera was a performance training specialist at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. As a basketball player, Barrera began his college career at Yakima Valley Community College before transferring to Multnomah University where he was a three-time All-American and named the 2000 NCCAA Pete Maravich National Player of the Year. He played one season professionally in Sweden before coaching and training. He served four years as strength and conditioning coach at Concordia University while earning his master's degree, and spent a decade in high school athletics, including seven years at West Linn High School helping build the