Darrin Horn
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| Darrin Horn | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | South Carolina | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | December 24, 1972 | |
| Place of birth |  Glasgow, Kentucky |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Sun Belt Regular Season Championship (2006) Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2008) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1991–1995 | Western Kentucky | |
| Position | Guard | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1995–1997 1997–1999 1999–2003 2003–2008 2008-Present |
Western Kentucky (asst.) Morehead State (asst.) Marquette (asst.) Western Kentucky South Carolina |
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Darrin Horn is a college basketball head coach. On April 1, 2008, Horn was hired as the new men's team coach at the University of South Carolina, replacing the retiring Dave Odom.
Horn played for the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1991-1995. He was an assistant coach at Marquette University under Tom Crean before he became the head coach at Western. Horn compiled a record of 111 wins and 48 losses in five seasons at his alma mater. He led the Hilltoppers to the "Sweet 16," the third round of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Their run ended with a 10-point loss to top-seeded UCLA.
Horn is married to the former Carla Walker of Franklin, Tennessee. The couple has one daughter, Caroline, and one son, Walker.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Western Kentucky (Sun Belt Conference) (2003 — 2008) | |||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Western Kentucky | 15-13 | 8-6 | 5th | |||||
| 2004–2005 | Western Kentucky | 22-9 | 9-5 | 2nd (East) | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Western Kentucky | 23-8 | 12-2 | 1st (East) | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Western Kentucky | 22-11 | 12-6 | 2nd (East) | |||||
| 2007–2008 | Western Kentucky | 29-7 | 16-2 | T-1st (East) | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| Western Kentucky: | 111-48 | 57-21 | |||||||
| South Carolina (Southeastern Conference) (2008 — present) | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | South Carolina | ||||||||
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| Total: | 111-48 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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