David Barrett has been the Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer coach since April 2000. Until the fall of 2005, Barrett coached both the men's and women's teams at IWU, relinquishing the men's job after the 2004 campaign.  The 2002 and 2003 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin "Coach of the Year", Barrett's women's teams have compiled a four-year mark of 53-17-7 and were the CCIW tourney runners-up in 2002. In addition, the 2002 women's squad were ranked No. 9 in the final Central Region poll and the 2004 team earned national votes midseason and played in the inaugural Midwest Association of Athletic Conferences postseason tournament. Barrett's four-year men's record at IWU was 25-43-5.

Barrett earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1993 from Wesleyan University, where he was a three-year starter, at one point starting 41 consecutive games. A goalkeeper, Barrett holds the school's career records for victories (with 36), shutouts (17.5) and goals against average (0.80). He played on the 1991 team that was 15-1-1, won the East Coast Athletic Conference and Little Three championships, and were ranked No. 7 nationally in NCAA Division III.

From 1997-2000, Barrett was an assistant men's coach at Yale and, in those four seasons, the teams were a combined 43-23-4. In 1999 the Bulldogs reached the NCAA round of 16 and were No. 18 in the final national poll.

Barrett was the head soccer coach for the Connecticut Olympic Development Program from 1997-98, working with 25 boys in the under-14 and under-15 age group. Barrett was head boys' soccer coach at Suffield Academy (Conn.) from 1995-97 and head coach of boys' soccer at Bridgton Academy (Maine) in 1994-95.

David and his wife, Kelly, reside in Bloomington.

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