Luke Barnwell

He joined the Iowa basketball program in April 2025 after 14 years of coaching experience, most recently spending two seasons in the Big 12 Conference at Texas Tech. He also spent 10 seasons as head coach at Sunrise Christian Academy where he was named the 2021 and 2022 Naismith High School Boys Coach of the Year and led the team to the 2022 National Interscholastic Basketball Conference Championships.

He played college basketball at Newman University and Emporia State before beginning his coaching career as a student assistant.