Prior to his Junior season, his father accepted a job in Richwood, West Virginia where he subsequently moved his family.

A 6'2" guard from West Virginia Institute of Technology, Barrett participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal for the United States national basketball team.

He also played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1967 FIBA World Championship.

[1] From 1969 to 1973 he played professionally in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Washington Capitols, Virginia Squires, and San Diego Conquistadors.

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