| Darren Barbier | |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1960 |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Baseball |
| Player Years2: | 1978–1981 |
| Player Team2: | Nicholls State |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1983–1988 |
| Coach Team2: | Archbishop Shaw HS (LA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1989–1994 |
| Coach Team3: | Hahnville HS (LA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1995–1998 |
| Coach Team4: | Nicholls State |
| Coach Years5: | 1999 |
| Coach Team5: | Tulane (DB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team6: | De La Salle HS (LA) |
| Overall Record: | 17–28 (college) 64–12 (high school) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Awards: | Eddie Robinson Award (1996) |
Darren Barbier (born December 19, 1960) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football at Nicholls State University from 1995 to 1998, compiling a record of 17–28.
Barbier is a former baseball player at Nicholls State University.[1]
Barbier began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana from 1983 to 1988.[2] His first head coaching position was at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana from 1989 to 1994 where he won two LHSAA state championships in 1992 and 1994.[3] In 2000, Barbier returned to the high school coaching ranks as head football coach at De La Salle High School in New Orleans; a position he held through the 2002 season.[4]
Barbier served as the head football coach at Nicholls State University from 1995 to 1998, compiling a record of 17 wins and 28 losses.[5] [6] [7] Barbier was given the Eddie Robinson Award in 1996 as the top coach in NCAA Division I-AA football when he guided the Colonels to an 8–4 record and a berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, where his team lost their first-round game.[1] [8] The 1996 turnaround came one season after Nicholls State finished 0–11 and in last place in the Southland Conference.[5] [9]
In 1999, Barbier served as defensive backs coach at Tulane University.[10]