February 23, 1903

John “Barnie” Barnhill was born in Savannah, Tennessee. Barnhill was a successful head football coach both at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville but left the most lasting imprint as UA’s athletic director. Barnhill was elected to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and was among the eight inductees, including Frank Broyles and Clyde “Smackover” Scott, of the first class of the UA Sports Hall of Honor founded in 1988.