Boynton Adds Analyst Barry Hinson to Staff
(Oklahoma State Athletics Media Relations assisted in this story)
STILLWATER -- Mike Boynton has experienced a lot of firsts in the short amount of time he's been the head coach at Oklahoma State. Being his first head coaching job, he's experienced his first signing day, first win and loss and cutting a player for the first time among among other things. He can now check off hiring an analyst to his staff as he's added Oklahoma State grad Barry Hinson.
A 1983 graduate of Oklahoma State, Hinson owns a 321-246 career record as a head coach. Stops in his tenure include Oral Roberts from 1997-99, Missouri State from 1999-08 and Southern Illinois from 2012-19. He also spent four seasons on staff at Kansas under Bill Self from 2008-12.
"I can't tell you have thrilled I am to be back home at Oklahoma State," Hinson said in a release from the athletic department. "Stillwater is where it all started for me, and I've been 'Loyal and True' since the day I stepped foot onto this campus 40 years ago. I want to thank coach Boynton for welcoming me into his staff. I've admired the way he has taken the reins of this great program. and I look forward to helping him keep this momentum going in any way I can. I also want to thank coach Holder, who is a great friend and a visionary in college athletics. It's truly an exciting time to be a Cowboy!"
After 16 season and 155 league victories, Hinson was known as the Dean of the Missouri Valley Conference. Only Mr. Henry Iba (21 years, 190 wins), Eddie Hickey (20, 163) and Dana Altman (16, 178) coached more seasons or won more games as a head coach in the history of that league.
"I know [Barry Hinson] loves this university," said coach Mike Boynton. "He's going to bring an unbelievable amount of experience to our bench, he's going to help our younger coaches understand what it means to have success both in game planning and maybe some recruiting strategies. He's going to be a great benefit to me. I have three former head coaches, I should be able to turn to any of them at any point and know that someone has been in whatever situation we're in at the time. So, I'm excited to have him on board and looking forward to seeing what he can do to impact us."
As I mentioned above, this is the first analyst that Mike Boynton has added going into his third season at the helm.
"The game's growing, there's a lot more specific ways that guys can help that don't necessarily cross over into other areas," said coach Boynton. "So, just [coach Hinson's] experience game planning and having seen things on his own, or maybe he's played a defense that we can try to implement. It'll just be something that we have a conversation about that he'll be able to help us."
Hinson is a native of Marlow, Oklahoma, and was coached by former Cowboy and Stillwater High School head coach Jerry Havens. It was Havens who game Hinson his first coaching jobs at Stillwater Junior High (1982-85) and Stillwater High (1985-86).
He would go on to coach at Edmond Memorial High School (1986-87_ before being named the head coach at Tulsa's Bishop Kelley High School (1987-93). His accolades at Bishop Kelley earned him a spot on Bill Self's coaching staff at ORU in 1993.
Hinson and his wife, Angie, have two daughters, Tiffany and Ashley, and two grandsons, Carter and Madden. Angie and Tiffany also attended OSU, as did Hinson's son-in-law, Niles Thomason, who earned his degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine.
