Bio

Darin Spence was selected to lead the women's basketball program in May 2023.

His resume spans more than 30 years as a collegiate head coach at NCAA Division I and Division II, NAIA, and NJCAA schools. In addition to serving as the head men's coach and athletic director at Colby from 1995 to 1997, he led women's programs at Miles Community College, Newman University, Barton Community College, New Mexico State University, Cowley Community College, Butler Community College, and Marymount College. Before arriving in Colby this week, he was the associate head coach at the University of Idaho.

Much of Coach Spence's success came in Kansas. He is the program leader in wins (120) at Division II Newman University. As a coach in the Jayhawk Conference, he is the all-time leader in win percentage and a 2016 Hall of Fame inductee at Cowley Community College. He also has multiple conference titles and coach of the year honors.

At the NCAA Division I level, he ranks second in wins (110) in the women's program at New Mexico State.

In his free time, he said he enjoys living his Christian faith, working out, walking, and golfing.