Men's Basketball
Hardin, Darryl
Darryl Hardin
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- dhardin@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-1432
Assistant coach Darryl Hardin, who has built a reputation as a premier player development coach over the past decade, joined the Georgia Basketball staff in July 2024.
Hardin spent the previous 11 years at the grass roots level of basketball in the Orlando, Fla., area. He founded and served as head coach for the highly successful 1Family Hoops program. Hardin also worked as a player development coach for Ghost Player Development and is widely known for his expertise with shooting improvements among his players.
In 2023, Hardin was honored by the Black Coaches Association’s as a first-team selection in the BCA Circuit Coaching Awards. The BCA selected 10 coaches – five first team and five second team – from more than 5,000 youth development basketball programs nationwide for its awards.
Over the past decade plus, Hardin coached and helped develop more than 70 players who played NCAA basketball, including approximately 25 at the Power Conference level. The list of 1Family alums includes current Bulldogs Dylan James, Asa Newell and Jaden Newell and former Georgia players Tyree Crump, Jordan Harris and Amanze Ngumezi.
In addition, Hardin has mentored Division I standouts such as Nassir Little (North Carolina), Kai Jones (Texas), John Mooney (Notre Dame) and Isaiah Brown (Florida).
Hardin also has worked with more than 15 current and former NBA players with summer training sessions, a list headlined by the Indiana Pacers’ Pascal Siakam, an NBA Champion, two-time NBA All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection, and Nikola Vucevic, a two-time NBA All-Star.
A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Hardin graduated from St. Petersburg High, where he was a three-year letterwinner in basketball. Hardin also played one season of high school basketball at Northside Christian Academy.
Hardin earned bachelor’s degrees in History and Child Development from Florida State in 2013. Darryl and his wife, Sara, have two children: a daughter Myla, born in 2018, and a son Kyrin, born in 2021.
Hardin spent the previous 11 years at the grass roots level of basketball in the Orlando, Fla., area. He founded and served as head coach for the highly successful 1Family Hoops program. Hardin also worked as a player development coach for Ghost Player Development and is widely known for his expertise with shooting improvements among his players.
In 2023, Hardin was honored by the Black Coaches Association’s as a first-team selection in the BCA Circuit Coaching Awards. The BCA selected 10 coaches – five first team and five second team – from more than 5,000 youth development basketball programs nationwide for its awards.
Over the past decade plus, Hardin coached and helped develop more than 70 players who played NCAA basketball, including approximately 25 at the Power Conference level. The list of 1Family alums includes current Bulldogs Dylan James, Asa Newell and Jaden Newell and former Georgia players Tyree Crump, Jordan Harris and Amanze Ngumezi.
In addition, Hardin has mentored Division I standouts such as Nassir Little (North Carolina), Kai Jones (Texas), John Mooney (Notre Dame) and Isaiah Brown (Florida).
Hardin also has worked with more than 15 current and former NBA players with summer training sessions, a list headlined by the Indiana Pacers’ Pascal Siakam, an NBA Champion, two-time NBA All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection, and Nikola Vucevic, a two-time NBA All-Star.
A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Hardin graduated from St. Petersburg High, where he was a three-year letterwinner in basketball. Hardin also played one season of high school basketball at Northside Christian Academy.
Hardin earned bachelor’s degrees in History and Child Development from Florida State in 2013. Darryl and his wife, Sara, have two children: a daughter Myla, born in 2018, and a son Kyrin, born in 2021.
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