Barbee, who is the director of the Arizona State University Senate Office, is a former wrestling standout at Oklahoma State University, where he was a three-time All-American and a member of the Cowboysâ national championship teams in 1989 and 1990.
Barbee graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in secondary education and science in 1993 and earned a masterâs degree in public administration at the University of Colorado Denver in 2010.
âServing in the role of secretary-rules editor is an exciting opportunity for me,â Barbee said. âAfter having coached at the collegiate level for nearly 14 years and then getting out of coaching, I was looking for an avenue to be involved and realized that when this position came open, it was the perfect fit for me both personally and professionally."
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Before arriving at Arizona State in 2010, Barbee was the head wrestling coach at the U.S. Â Military Academy from 2000-2010 and worked as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1997-2000.
Barbee, who was a two-time academic All-American at Oklahoma State, replaces Ron Beaschler as the NCAA secretary-rules editor for wrestling.