Darren Coleman
Australian rugby union footballer and coach
Darren Coleman (born 1973) is an Australian professional rugby union coach. As of 2024, he is Director of Rugby at Hunter Wildfires.
Family and early life
Coleman was born in Sydney and he grew up in South West Rocks on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, before moving south to play in the Sydney club rugby competition.
His younger brother Scott Coleman also became a professional rugby coach, appointed to Italian club Benevento in 2013.
Rugby career
While attending Southern Cross University in the late 1990s Coleman played for the University Gold Rats alongside Justin Harrison. Coleman played as a fly-half in Sydney's club rugby competition from 1995 to 2000 for Eastern Suburbs, Newcastle Wildfires, and Northern Suburbs. He was a rugby development officer in Newcastle.
Coleman combined playing with coaching in the early part of his career. While playing for Northern Suburbs, he was appointed as head coach of the NSW Waratahs Academy in 1998, and then as a skills coach to the Waratahs for the 2000 Super 12 season. In late 2000 he left Australia to take up contract stints as a player-coach with Irish club Waterpark, Italian Serie A team Benevento [it] and the Calgary Saints and Calgary Mavericks in Canada.
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