INDIANAPOLIS – Head Coach Mike Uremovich added a piece to the puzzle this week by hiring Alex Barr as the Butler football run-game coordinator and offensive line coach. Barr, a three-year starter as an offensive lineman at North Carolina State, joins the Bulldogs after spending the 2021 campaign with the Wolfpack as a graduate assistant.
 
After graduating from NC State, Barr joined Uremovich at Northern Illinois as an intern in 2016 assisting with running backs. He spent the next two years working as a graduate assistant with the Huskies. In 2017 he worked closely with the defensive line unit and the following year he moved over to the offensive line. NIU won the MAC title in 2018 and played in the Boca Raton Bowl. In 2017, NIU was selected to participate in the Quick Lane Bowl.
 
Barr returned to his alma mater in 2019 as an offensive graduate assistant. He specialized in working with offensive linemen during his tenure on the staff.
 
As a player, Barr played in the 2012 Music City Bowl, the 2014 Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl and the 2015 Belk Bowl. He was a three year starter on the offensive line at NC State from 2012-15. Prior to attending NC State, Barr was a first team all-state player at Starr's Mill High School in Fayetteville, Ga.
 
Barr earned a degree in history from NC State in 2015 and a master's in adult and higher education from NIU in 2018. He was also awarded a graduate certificate in sports management (NIU 2018) and youth development and leadership (NC State 2020). He married Christina Hemphill, an NC State graduate.