Last season he led the Rangers to an impressive 14-6-1record and as high as a No. 15 national ranking. Northwestern appeared in their second SAC tournament and made their first showing in the Region VI tournament. The Rangers placed second in Region VI play while narrowly missing out on a chance to play in the NAIA National Tournament.

The inagural season of 2001 did not turn out exactly as Barrows would have liked. Finishing 4-14 on the season, he knew there was room for improvement.

Barrows not only showed improvement in 2002, but he showed what kind of coach he is by turning in a season ending record of 13-7. The team finished third in the Sooner Athletic Conference and extended their season to the second round of playoffs where they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Oklahoma Christian University.

Barrows brings experience to Northwestern soccer as both a former semi-professional player and coach.

He started his love of soccer at age 7 in St. Louis where he grew up and trained under former professional players from Europe and South America.

Barrows started his semi-professional career playing for F.C. Monterey in 1976 as their right wing player. He then moved on to play in South Korea for the United Stars as the center forward during 1977-78.

His ties with Northwestern started in 1980 when he was a player/coach for the Rangers.

After he graduated from Northwestern in 1984 with degrees in Psychology and Sociology, he continued his tour of soccer playing. He was a player and captain for two teams in Albuquerque, New Mexico before playing and coaching for the Albuquerque Gunners from 1986-1990 where he became the general manager and president of the team. Before Barrows made it back to Alva, he stopped at Kansas City from 1990-1992 and played for the Lobos, a member of a premier indoor soccer league.

Upon returning to Alva and Northwestern, Barrows completed his Masters of Education in 2003.