Darius Stokes - Men's Basketball Coach - University of Richmond Athletics

Darius Stokes

Title:
Director of Program Development
Email:
dstokes@richmond.edu
Phone:
289-8385

Coaching Experience:
Director of Program Development, University of Richmond, 2022-present
Video Coordinator, University of Richmond, 2021-22
Assistant Coach, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2020-21
Director of Basketball Operations, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2017-20
Administrative Assistant, University of Iowa, 2016-17

Stokes was promoted to Director of Program Development in April 2022. In his current role, Stokes serves as the team's liaison to the Academics, Business, and Compliance offices of Richmond Athletics while managing internal scheduling and supervising student managers.

In Stokes' first season as Director of Program Development in 2022-23, the Spiders posted wins over NCAA Tournament teams Drake and FDU in the regular season and defeated Massachusetts by 33 points in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, the second-largest margin of victory in the event's history.

Stokes joined Richmond men's basketball as the team's video coordinator in August 2021, managing all aspects of the team’s video operations and contributing to opponent scouting and player recruitment. In his sole season in that role, Stokes helped the Spiders to the second Atlantic 10 championship in school history. With the Spiders facing his alma mater Iowa in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, Stokes was instrumental in developing a scouting report that contributed to UR's 67-63 victory over the Hawkeyes, the champions of the Big Ten.

Stokes came to Richmond following four seasons on the men’s basketball staff at Fairleigh Dickinson, serving as an assistant coach during the 2020-21 season following three seasons as the team’s director of basketball operations. In Stokes’ second season on staff, FDU went 21-14 and won the Northeast Conference Championship to advance to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, the sixth tournament appearance in school history.

Stokes spent the 2016-17 season as an administrative assistant with the men’s basketball team at the University of Iowa, where he started his career as a student-athlete in 2010. Stokes appeared in 38 games for the Hawkeyes over four seasons and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Human Physiology in 2014. He transferred to Fairleigh Dickinson later that year and started 28 games for the Knights during the 2014-15 season while earning a Master’s degree in Sports Administration. Following graduation, Stokes played professionally for UER Pineda de Mar in Spain for one season.

Stokes is the son of Greg Stokes, an All-Big Ten center at Iowa whose number 41 jersey has been retired by the Hawkeyes. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 33^rd pick in the 1985 NBA Draft and went on to appear in 42 games over two NBA seasons. Stokes is the brother of Kiah Stokes, a three-time national champion at Connecticut who was the 11^th overall pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft. She joined the Las Vegas Aces in 2021 following six seasons with the New York Liberty.