Longtime K-State coach, administrator Barrett dies at 93
Associated PressFormer Boston Celtics forward Ernie Barrett, who starred at Kansas State and spent 75 years at the school as an athlete, coach and administrator, died Friday in Manhattan, Kansas. “He came to visit me before every home game and was incredibly welcoming to me and my staff in our first year,” said Kansas State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang, who led the Wildcats on a surprising Elite Eight run this past season. “Ernie was the dearest of friends, one of the greatest K-Staters in the world,” said longtime Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder. He sought out opportunities to promote Kansas State University and the athletics program everywhere he was.” Former Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas State graduate who served in Congress for 40 years, said Barrett was the university’s “first big fundraiser” for athletics who made its program competitive — and improved the university’s image of itself. “Ernie cared so deeply about Kansas State, and I appreciated our friendship and his personal interest in our football program,” Wildcats football coach Chris Klieman said.
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