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She recently was head coach for the UNC Wilmington women’s basketball team. Barefoot is the first basketball player to record 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in a career for any NCAA division, male or female.Table of ContentsPlaying career[edit]Christopher Newport statistics[edit]Coaching career[edit]Head coaching record[edit]References[edit]Playing career[edit]Barefoot,  a Newport News, Virginia native,[1] played high school basketball at Menchville High School, earning Most Outstanding Player honors from Peninsula Sports Club four times.[2] She received scholarship offers from several colleges but chose to remain close to home and attended Christopher Newport University along with Sharon, her twin sister.[3]During her career at Christopher Newport, playing under coach Cathy Parson, she helped the team to three NCAA tournament invitations. In her freshman year the team made it to the Sweet 16. She earned Kodak\/WBCA All-America honors during her career and was named the All\u2013USA South Atlantic conference player of the year twice.[4] She continued her domination of the Peninsula Sports Club honors, winning the most outstanding player award four times during her college career.[2] She was the national leader in assists in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 among Division III schools, amassing a total of 1002 assists in her career still the only Division III player to record over 1000 assists in a career.[5] In addition to her assists records, Barefoot is the first basketball player to record 2000 points and 1000 assists in a career for any NCAA division, male or female.[2]Barefoot was inducted into the Christopher Newport University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]Christopher Newport statistics[edit]Source[6]Legend\u00a0\u00a0GPGames played\u00a0\u00a0GS\u00a0Games started\u00a0MIN\u00a0Minutes\u00a0MPG\u00a0Minutes per game\u00a0PTS\u00a0Points\u00a0PPG\u00a0Points per game\u00a0RBS\u00a0Rebounds\u00a0RPG\u00a0Rebounds per game\u00a0FG%\u00a0Field-goal percentage\u00a03P%\u00a0Field-goal percentage\u00a0FT%\u00a0Free-throw percentage\u00a0APG\u00a0Assists per game\u00a0SPG\u00a0Steals per game\u00a0BPG\u00a0Blocks per game\u00a0Bold\u00a0Career highYearTeamGPPointsPPGFG%3P%FT%APGBPGSPG1991Christopher Newport2744116.352.1%18.2%72.2%9.8––1992Christopher Newport2854619.543.2%34.6%69.9%8.1––1993Christopher Newport2845716.345.5%22.9%70.8%8.40.04.61994Christopher Newport2562925.242.4%26.0%76.6%10.90.05.2Career108207319.245.1%25.9%72.6%9.30.02.4Coaching career[edit]After completing her playing career and graduating, she formed the first ever athletics program for women at The Apprentice School, Located in Newport News, Virginia in 1995. She served as head coach for six seasons, culminating in a 24\u20133 record and a national championship in the National Small College Athletic Association.[1] She was named the NSCAA National Coach of the Year in both 1999 and 2001.[7]In 2001, Barefoot moved to Lenoir Rhyne, a division II school in Hickory, North Carolina. she remained there for four years, recording double-digit wins in each year, and tying for first place in the South Atlantic Conference in 2004.[8]After four years there, Barefoot accepted a position as assistant coach under the legendary Wendy Larry at Old Dominion. She was very familiar with the ODU program because she had attended many games with her father and grandfather. She had a favorite player \u2014 Nancy Lieberman\u2014 in whose honor Barefoot chose to wear number 10 as a player number at Christopher Newport.[9]After three years as an assistant coach at the Division I level, Barefoot was invited to become the head coach of Elon. The first year turned out to be challenging as the team only won five games. In her third season, the team won 20 games the best results ever for the school as a Division I team and reached the quarterfinals of the WBI.[10]In 2011, Wendy Larry left Old Dominion after 24 seasons and the school reached out to Barefoot to become the new head coach.[11] Barefoot remained at Old Dominion for six seasons, which included three invitations to the WNIT and advancement to the second round of the WNIT in 2014 and 2015.In 2017, Barefoot was named coach of the UNC Wilmington women’s basketball program.[12]Head coaching record[edit]Sources:[2][13][14]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonThe Apprentice School  (USCAA independent) (1995\u20132001)1995\u201396Apprentice12\u201321996\u201397Apprentice13\u2013121997\u201398Apprentice15\u201381998\u201399Apprentice16\u2013114\u20131NSCAA Third Place1999\u201300Apprentice23\u201355\u20132NSCAA Fourth Place2000\u201301Apprentice24\u201334\u20130NSCAA National ChampionsApprentice:103\u201341 (.689)13\u20136 (.684)Lenoir\u2013Rhyne  (South Atlantic Conference) (2001\u20132005)2001\u201302Lenoir\u2013Rhyne19\u201399\u201372002\u201303Lenoir\u2013Rhyne18\u2013127\u20137T-3rd2003\u201304Lenoir\u2013Rhyne17\u20131111\u20133T-1st2004\u201305Lenoir\u2013Rhyne16\u2013129\u201353rdLenoir\u2013Rhyne:70\u201344 (.614)36\u201322 (.621)Elon  (Southern Conference) (2008\u20132011)2008\u201309Elon5\u2013262\u20131811th2009\u201310Elon12\u2013196\u201314T-7th2010\u201311Elon20\u20131312\u201384thWBI QuarterfinalsElon:37\u201358 (.389)20\u201340 (.333)Old Dominion  (Colonial Athletic Association) (2011\u20132013)2011\u201312Old Dominion11\u2013217\u201311T-8th2012\u201313Old Dominion19\u20131210\u20138T-4thWNIT First RoundOld Dominion:30\u201333 (.476)17\u201319 (.472)Old Dominion  (Conference USA) (2013\u20132017)2013\u201314Old Dominion18\u2013169\u20137T-6thWNIT Second Round2014\u201315Old Dominion21\u20131311\u20137T-4thWNIT Second Round2015\u201316Old Dominion17\u20131710\u201385th2016\u201317Old Dominion17\u20131411\u201376thOld Dominion:73\u201360 (.549)50\u201329 (.633)UNC Wilmington  (Colonial Athletic Association) (2017\u2013present)2017\u201318UNC Wilmington12\u2013194\u201314T-8th2018\u201319UNC Wilmington18\u20131211\u20137T-3rd2019\u201320UNC Wilmington10-206-128th2020\u201321UNC Wilmington3-50-2UNC Wilmington:43\u201356 (.434)15\u201323 (.395)Total:356\u2013272 (.567)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championReferences[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/karen-barefoot-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Karen Barefoot – Wikipedia"}}]}]