Darius Stokes was named the Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team's Director of Basketball Operations in September of 2017 and ascended to his current role as an assistant coach on Greg Herenda's staff in 2020.
Stokes played four seasons at the University of Iowa before graduate transferring to FDU for the 2014-15 season.
"I am so proud and happy to have Darius join our staff," said Herenda. "Darius was an integral part of our rebuilding process as a student-athlete and now he will continue that tradition as a part of my staff. Darius exemplifies everything that our current players should look up to. He has his undergraduate degree and his masters and his coaching career is in front of him."
In addition to his college career, Stokes also played one season of professional basketball in Spain before returning to Iowa as an administrative assistant to the basketball program.
Upon his hire, Stokes' coach at Iowa, Fran McCaffrey said, "Darius is thrilled for the opportunity to join the basketball staff at FDU. He loved his playing experience and has tremendous respect for coach Herenda. He is smart, with an outstanding work ethic and I have no doubt that he will help bring many winning seasons to the FDU program."
In his graduate season with the Knights, the 6'7" forward started 28 of the team's 29 games averaging 3.1 points and 3.3 rebounds on 51.3 percent shooting.
Stokes, who graduated from Iowa with a degree in Health and Human Physiology and earned his Master's of Sports Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson, comes from a tremendous basketball family. His father Greg had a great career at Iowa and was drafted in the second round of the 1985 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Stokes' sister Kiah was a three-time National Champion at UConn and is currently a member of the WNBA's New York Liberty.
