Nate Barnes
Nate Barnes

Player Profile
Position:
Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach

Nate Barnes came to North Carolina as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2008. Prior to coming to coming to Chapel Hill, he served one year as East Carolina's assistant strength and conditioning coach and two years as the Pirates' graduate assistant strength coach. Barnes is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa).

In Greenville, he worked with the 2006 football team and was directly responsible for training the ECU baseball team.

A member of the Pirates football team from 2000-03, Barnes earned two degrees from ECU. In 2003, he earned a degree in exercise and sports science/health and fitness and in 2004, he received a master's in exercise and sports science/sports administration.

Barnes and his wife, LaSonya, live in Durham.