Darren Barbier (born December 19, 1960) is a former

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coach. He served as the head football at

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from 1995 to 1998, compiling a record of 17–28.

Playing career

Barbier is a former baseball player at

Coaching career

High School career

Barbier began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater,

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from 1983 to 1988. His first head coaching position was at

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from 1989 to 1994 where he won two LHSAA state championships in 1992 and 1994. In 2000, Barbier returned to the high school coaching ranks as head football coach at De La Salle High School in

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; a position he held through the 2002 season.

College career

Barbier served as the head football coach at

from 1995 to 1998, compiling a record of 17 wins and 28 losses. Barbier was given the

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in 1996 as the top coach in

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football when he guided the Colonels to an 8–4 record and a berth in the

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, where his team lost their first-round game. The 1996 turnaround came one season after Nicholls State finished 0–11 and in last place in the

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. In 1999, Barbier served as

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coach at

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Head coaching record

College

References

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