| Darren Tighe | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Dakota State |
| Current Conference: | NSAA |
| Coach Years1: | 2007–11 |
| Coach Team1: | Bethany Lutheran (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2011–12 |
| Coach Team2: | JWP HS |
| Coach Years3: | 2012–14 |
| Coach Team3: | Redwood Valley HS (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2014–17 |
| Coach Team4: | Ridgewater JC |
| Coach Years5: | 2017–22 |
| Coach Team5: | Mayville State |
| Coach Years6: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team6: | Dakota State |
| Championships: | 3 NSAA tournament (2018, 2019, 2020) NSAA regular season (2021) |
| Awards: | NSAA Coach of the Year (2021) |
Darren Tighe is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Dakota State University.[1]
Tighe received his bachelor's degree in English studies and his master's degree in teaching from Minnesota State University, Mankato. His first coaching job was as an assistant at Bethany Lutheran College from 2007 until 2011. He then spent time coaching at the high school ranks, first as the head coach at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School for one year, then as an assistant at Redwood Valley High School.
In 2014, Tighe was named the head coach at Ridgewater College in Willmar and Hutchinson, Minnesota.[2] [3] In his three seasons at Ridgewater, he led the Warriors to a 48–34 record. During the 2015–16 season, the Warriors won the MCAC Region 13 Consolation Championship.
Tighe was then hired as the head coach at Mayville State University in Mayville, North Dakota.[4] In his 6 seasons at Mayville State, the Comets achieved an overall record of 76–30. In his first three seasons, the Comets won three straight NSAA tournament championships. The Comets also won the NSAA regular season championship during the 2020–21 season. Following the 2020–21 season, Tighe would be announced as the North Star Athletic Association Coach of the Year.[5] On October 31, 2022, Tighe resigned effective immediately just two games into the 2022–23 season.[6]
In 2023, Tighe was hired as the head coach at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.[7]