Founded in 2002.
8,000+ installs later.
Barbarian Basketball Systems was founded in 2002 to build basketball hoops that would outlast their owners. We started as manufacturers — designing and producing our own patented goals — and have grown into one of the most trusted names in the industry.
Today we partner with a U.S. manufacturer we've worked with for over 25 years to bring you the next generation of Barbarian-grade hoops. Same obsessive standards, same lifetime mindset, refined by two decades of installation experience in driveways, parks, and gymnasiums.
What sets Barbarian apart is not the steel. Anyone can buy steel. What sets us apart is what we learned installing 8,000+ basketball goals across the country: which welds fail first, which rims chip in February ice, which adjusters jam after a year of carport humidity, and which backboards survive a 14-year-old's first dunk attempt. That knowledge is built into every product we sell.
What "Simply the Best!" actually means
It means hot-dipped galvanizing under the powder coat, not paint over bare steel. It means 1/4" tempered glass, not acrylic or polycarbonate. It means a one-piece pole, not a wobbly two-piece. It means a breakaway rim rated for gymnasium-level abuse, not a static rim that bends the first dunk. It means a lifetime limited warranty we actually honor.
Patents and expertise
Bryan Kilpatrick, the founder, holds patents in basketball goal design and is arguably the world's foremost expert on basketball goal installation. When you call 770.377.1961, you talk to people who have been installing these goals — and learning from every install — for two decades.