Former Coach John Barrett had a brief four-year stay on the Southeastern Massachusetts University campus, but in a short period of time he proved he had what it took to enjoy a long coaching career.  Barrett's SMU teams won four conference championships in four years with three out of four earning post-season honors as district champions and All-New England selections.  His soccer teams were top 10 in New England and he had players earn All-America honors while others were drafted into professional soccer. As the Corsairs' men's golf coach, he led the Corsairs into three straight NCAA Division III championship tournaments.  In the 1977 national tournament, SMU placed 2nd overall with two All-America and one Honorable Mention golfers on the roster, including the university's first national champion, Dave Downing. Soccer was the sport Barrett would continue to pursue in addition to a career in athletic administration, serving as the first full-time Athletic Director at Western Connecticut.  Among the stops on his soccer coaching career included SUNY New Paltz and Fairfield University before a nine-year stay at Division I DePaul University, where he earned Conference USA Coach of the Year honors in 1994-95.  After leaving DePaul in 1999, he served as an assistant coach at Duke University where he was part of the Blue Devil's first ACC Tournament Championship in 1999.