Darin White coached men's soccer at Union University from 1998-2005, the first varsity coach in program history. He started Union's club program in 1994-95 before becoming a varsity sport in 1998.
White led the Bulldogs to the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Title in 2003, had five NCCAA region titles, and led Union to its first-ever NAIA region tournament appearance in 2004 and a trip to the title game in 2005.
White's career college coaching record was 94-64-9. His teams were nationally ranked in the top 20 of the NAIA six times in eight years, and finished as TranSouth Conference runner-up three times. White's last game at Union in 2005 was a double overtime road loss to the eventual NAIA national champion in the NAIA Region XI championship game. That same year he was named NAIA South Region Coach of the Year.
White stepped away from coaching college soccer to focus on his seven children's soccer teams. In 2006 he became the founding Director of Coaching for the Tennessee Rush Soccer Club (aka Lobos Rush) in Memphis. In the years that followed, His teams advanced to the state championship finals 13 times in 15 years, winning nine titles. He advanced to regionals five times, and the U.S. Youth Soccer President's Cup 3 times.
One of the greatest joys of White's coaching career was the opportunity to coach with his father, Russell White (aka Coach Dad). The two of them coached together for almost two decades spanning both college and club teams.
White is currently a Margaret Gage Bush Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of Samford University's Center for Sports Analytics. After earning a Ph.D. in Marketing Strategy at the University of Alabama, he began his career at Union in 1994 as an assistant professor in the McAfee School of Business. After his college coaching career, he assumed the role of Director of Research for the McAfee School of Business to assist in its quest to achieve AACSB accreditation.
In his spare time, White enjoys traveling to Europe with his family to attend soccer matches, reading about Ancient Near East history, and teaching Biblical Theology classes at his home church in Birmingham, Church at Brook Hills. He and his wife, Laura, have seven children, two "bonus kids" by marriage, and four grandchildren. They live in Vestavia Hills, Alabama within a mile of where he grew up.
