 Lunney served as the interim head football coach at the University of Arkansas for the final two games of the 2019 season.Subsequent to his high school career at Southside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Barry Lunney Jr. started 40 games at quarterback during his playing career at Arkansas, and was the team captain for the 1995 Arkansas Razorbacks football team while leading the team to its first SEC Western Division title on its way to the SEC Championship game for the first time in program history prior to graduating while holding the team record for passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass completions, pass attempts and total offense plays.Lunney Jr. also played college baseball, playing one season of minor league baseball for the Minnesota Twins organization in 1997, before returning to football coaching.