Jimmy Darden

James Wesley Darden (June 19, 1922 – April 29, 1994) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

Darden played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys and Denver Pioneers. He was a member of the Cowboys team that won the 1943 NCAA championship, but did not play in the actual tournament because he was serving in World War II at the time. After his discharge in 1946, Darden joined the Denver Nuggets, which was then part of the Amateur Athletic Union. The team joined the National Basketball League in the 1948–49 season, and Darden averaged 10.3 points per game in his first year of playing professional basketball. Darden was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.

NBA career statistics Legend GP Games played FG% Field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage APG Assists per game PPG Points per game

Regular season Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG 1949–50 Denver 26 .321 .688 2.6 8.1Career 26 .321 .688 2.6 8.1

Head coaching record