Corey Barlow enters his third season at SSU and his second year as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. During the 2012-13 season, Barlow served as cornerbacks coach and was named SSU’s interim head coach from May to June.
He came to SSU from the University of Alabama Birmingham after five years as the Blazers’ cornerback coach.
Prior to UAB, Barlow coached at the University of Rhode Island for one year as the defensive backs coach, Morehouse College for three years as the defensive backs coach and one year at Southside High School in Atlanta, Ga. as the defensive backs coach.
Barlow, an Atlanta, Georgia native, is a former All-American cornerback at Auburn University where he lettered four years (1988-1991). He was named to Auburn’s All-Decade team for the 1990’s and was captain of the 1991 team. He was named “Most Valuable Defensive Player” of the 1991 team.
During his four years at Auburn, Barlow earned All-SEC honors in 1990 and 1991, and garnered All-American accolades as a senior following the 1991 season. He played in the 1988 Sugar Bowl, 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl, and the 1990 Peach Bowl. After his senior season, he played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game and the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.
Barlow was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He played three seasons as an Eagle.
Barlow is married to the former Tia Reid of Greensboro, Ga. They have three daughters, SeCori (25), Kai (5), and Kherington (3).
