Barry Lunney Jr.

Subsequent to his high school career at Southside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Barry Lunney Jr. started 40 games at quarterback during his playing career at Arkansas,[1] and was the team captain for the 1995 Arkansas Razorbacks football team[2] while leading the team to its first SEC Western Division title on its way to the SEC Championship game for the first time in program history[3] prior to graduating while holding the team record for passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass completions, pass attempts and total offense plays.[4] Lunney Jr. also played college baseball, playing one season of minor league baseball for the Minnesota Twins organization in 1997[5], before returning to football coaching.

Lunney Jr. began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach during the 1998 and 1999 seasons at Arkansas before moving to Tulsa for the 2000, 2001, and 2002 seasons as quarterbacks (2000-2001) and wide receivers (2002) coach. He then moved on to be the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for San Jose State for two seasons, the last of which the Spartans ranked 17th in the NCAA in passing offense.[6] From 2005 to 2012, Lunney Jr. was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Bentonville High School in Northwest Arkansas, during which time the team won six conference titles and two state championships. From the 2013 to the 2019 season, Lunney Jr. was the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator for in-state recruits at Arkansas. On November 11, 2019, Barry Lunney Jr. took over as interim head coach for Arkansas, following the firing of former head coach Chad Morris.[7] During his first game as interim head coach, Arkansas lost to the #1 ranked team in the country, LSU.