Women's Basketball

Cuesta hired Ron Barba as the school’s second women’s basketball coach at the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.  He replaced the retired Ed Musolff, who led the program for thirty seasons.  He has been successful at every level he has coached, however this is his first head coaching stint at the collegiate level.  Barba immediately turned the program around and infused his squad with an up-tempo, high scoring style of play.  His teams increased the program’s win total in each of his first five years with the program, which included three consecutive playoff berths.  

Ron began coaching at Laguna Middle School in 1976 and went on to coach JV Boys at Morro Bay High.  His first varsity position was coaching boys and girls at Surprise High and he moved on to win league titles for the boy’s teams at Cuyama Valley, Righetti and St Joseph.  He posted a 179-161 record and won four league titles from 1986 to 2001. In 1984 and 1989, Barba was named boys’ coach of the year.   In 2004-05 he moved over to coach the women’s team at St Joseph and posted a 115-23 record with three league titles and a CIF crown in 2008. He also earned Los Padres League Girl’s Basketball Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  In 2009 he was selected as the CIF Southern Section Coach of the Year. 

Ron earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies/PE at CSU Stanislaus, while also playing on the Warriors’ basketball team.  He earned his teaching credential at Cal Poly and then spent a year playing professionally in Australia.  Barba earned his Master’s Degree in Education Management at LaVerne University in 1991 and moved into administration.  He served as an Athletic Director for the Cuyama Joint Unified School District from 1986-91 and was the school district’s Superintendent from 1992-1998.  He earned the “Crystal Apple” award as Santa Barbara County’s Administrator of the Year in 1996.  He served as the Los Olivos School District Superintendent from 1998-2003.

Ron lives in San Luis Obispo.  He has three children- two sons, Matt and Chaz, and a daughter, Courtney.  Courtney played for her father as a member of the Cuesta Women’s Basketball team. 

The Barba Record

            Overall                                    Conference                  Playoffs          

Year    win      loss      pct.      win      loss      place    win      loss      State

2011    5          20        200      3          9          5^th        -----     -----     -----                

2012    13        14        482      5          7          4^th        -----     -----     -----

2013    19        11        633      7          3          2^nd        0          1          -----    

2014    22        8          733      7          5          2^nd        0          1          -----    

2015    23        8          742      9          3          2^nd        0          1          -----                

2016    9          19        321      4          8          6^th        -----     -----     -----    

2017    12        16        429      1          9          6^th        -----     -----     -----                            

2018    10        14        417      2          8          5^th        -----     -----     -----                

2019    16        13        552      6          4          3^rd        -----     -----     -----

2020    1          2          333     -----     -----     -----       -----     -----     -----

2020    2          0         1000    -----     -----     -----       -----     -----     -----

Total    132      125      514       44        56        0          0          3                     

Western State Conference Coach of the Year

2013    Women’s Basketball