Darnell Archey joined the University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball program in April 2018 after spending five seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at South Alabama.
Archey helped recruit Kevin Morris for the Jaguars, who in 2016-17 was the fifth-ranked player in the state of Alabama and received a three-star rating by 247sports.com.
He helped Barrington Stevens III become the first Jaguar since 1989 to post an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.0 or better in a season. Stevens was the second person in program history to do this twice, accomplishing the feat during both his sophomore and junior seasons. Archey also guided Taishaun Johnson, who set school freshman records for points (414), free throws made (138) and free throws attempted (177) in 2014-15.
Prior to South Alabama, Archey spent four seasons as the Coordinator of Basketball Operations at Butler, his alma mater. There he worked under Brad Stevens, who is now head coach of the Boston Celtics. During Darnell's tenure, the Bulldogs appeared in consecutive National Championship games in 2010 and 2011. Those teams featured two current NBA players, All-Star Gordon Hayward and Shelvin Mack.
Archey coached for five years at the high school level, including three as head coach. He mentored two McDonald's All-Americans and future all-conference performers in the ACC and Big Ten Conference.
Archey is a native of New Castle, Indiana. As an undergraduate, he earned four basketball letters at Butler, where he set several school records and played on three NCAA Tournament teams. He finished his career as the Bulldogs' all-time leading three-point shooter at the time (217) and set new school marks for free throw percentage in a season (97.3) and in a career (95.1). His free throw record was aided by his NCAA-record 85 consecutive makes at the charity stripe, set over parts of three seasons.
He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Butler in 2003 and received his teaching credentials in 2006 from Indiana Wesleyan.
Darnell and his wife Amanda have two daughters, Allie and Ava.
