Darrell Asberry was named the 15th head coach of the Texas Southern Tigers football team in December 2011 by athletics director Dr. Charles McClelland. Asberry was the head coach at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina for five seasons.
As head coach, Asberry had a 40-25 overall record and a 30-13 conference record at Shaw. He captured three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Championships in five seasons (2007, 2008 & 2010). He was named CIAA Coach of the Year in 2007 and the Pigskin Club’s (Washington, DC) CIAA Coach of the Year in 2010. His teams also competed in the 2007 and 2010 NCAA Division II playoffs.
Coach Asberry’s teams began to experience success almost immediate. He turned his defense into one of the best in the NCAA Division II. They were the best in total defense his second year at the helm. The following season, Shaw ranked first in total defense, rushing defense, sacks and tackles for loss.
His success on the field also extended into the classroom with one of the top graduation rates in the conference. Ten of his players were named to the CIAA All-Academic team in 2009, and nine were named to the ALL-CIAA team. Asberry also produced the conferences 2009 Defensive Player of the Year. The 2010 team faired just as well with nine players named to the ALL-CIAA squad, including the CIAA Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Asberry not only produced a dynamic defensive, his offensives were just as explosive. In 2008, Shaw led the conference in scoring offense, touchdowns scored, total offense, passing offense, field goals made, kick return touchdowns and third down conversions. Nationally, their offense was third in the nation in scoring offense. Not to be outdone, the defense was tops in passing efficiency defense and tackles for loss.
Before joining Shaw, Asberry served as Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach at North Carolina Central University from 2004-2006. He was elevated to Assistant Head Coach in his second season at NCCU. While there, Asberry orchestrated the top ranked offense in the CIAA in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense. They finished second in rushing offense in 2004.
Prior to NCCU, Asberry was Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks Coach at Albany State from 1997-98.
He returned to Jackson State, his alma mater in 1999 as the Running Backs coach before being promoted to Offensive Coordinator in 2000. In 2001, JSU led NCAA Division I-AA in passing yards, and in 2002 they led the nation in total offensive yards.
In 2003, he took the position as Offensive Coordinator for Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native is a 1994 graduate of Jackson State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in Criminal Justice. He lettered two seasons as quarterback, earning the team’s Most Valuable Player award as a senior.
After his collegiate career, he played professionally as a wide receiver and quarterback with the Shreveport Pirates of the Canadian Football League (1994-95) and as a wide receiver with the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League of American Football (1995-96).
Asberry is the proud father of two daughters, Arabria and Armarni, and one son, Armariyan.
