Bio

Darius Buck is in his second year as an assistant coach with Co-Lin Football. Buck will primarily work with the Wolves cornerbacks and comes to Co-Lin after spending a two-year stint at Clark Atlanta University as the defensive coordinator. 

Prior to that, Buck spent two years as an assistant coach at Albany State University where he coached cornerbacks and the punt return team from 2017-2019. Under his leadership, the punt return team finished third in the country in blocks in 2018, and the defense was ranked Top 15 against the pass in 2017.  

Buck also has experience at the University of South Alabama as a graduate assistant from 2015-2017 where he assisted with defensive backs as well as special teams. Buck started his career coaching at Jones County Junior College where he spent two years (2013-2015) coaching nickel backs and assisting with special teams. He was also part of the MACJC staff of the year in 2013 while at Jones. 

Buck is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi and played at Murray State University. Buck graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Exercise Science in 2012, and earned his master’s degree in Health Education from the University of South Alabama in 2017. His mother, Sherlonda Buck, and twin sisters, Keondra and Keonna Smith, reside in Vicksburg.

Quick Facts:

• Defensive Coordinator at Clark Atlanta University for two years

• Assistant coach at Albany State University and Jones County Junior Colleege

• Graduate assistant at the University of South Alabama

• Played college football at Murray State University