Bryan Goodman is in his second season as a member of the CSU Bakersfield men's basketball coaching staff.
Goodman came to Bakersfield after spending the previous five seasons at Oklahoma where he served as an assistant coach under Jeff Capel last season and Director of Operations for the Sooners the four years prior.
Goodman brings over 10 years of coaching experience at the Division I level to Bakersfield having also spent six seasons as an assistant at Bucknell, where he helped the Bison to a 105-76 (.580) overall record during his tenure, including a 52-30 (.634) Patriot League mark.
In 2005, Goodman was instrumental in developing the play that led No. 14 Bucknell over No.3 Kansas 64-63 in Oklahoma City in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Bucknell posted combined 50-15 (.769) overall and 24-4 (.857) conference records in his final two years, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each season. Goodman has been in the NCAA Tournament four of his last seven season's on the bench including an Elite 8 run with Oklahoma in 2009.
"Bryan is a good friend that I worked with at Oklahoma, he has high-major experience, he's a teacher of the game with good national and international contacts," said Barnes. "He has several NCAA Tournament appearances and I am very pleased to have him come to CSUB having previously helped with the rebuilding of the Bucknell and OU programs."
The Chocktaw, Okla. native began his coaching career in the 1996-97 season at Barat College, his alma mater, in Lake Forest, Ill. After two seasons, he went to Susquehanna (Pa.) University where he logged two more years as an assistant coach (1998-99 and 1999-00).
His playing experience includes three seasons as a point guard at Barat and team captain his final two seasons. He was an academic All-American as a senior as well.
