Darryl Bruce begins his third season as an assistant coach for the Dolphins. Bruce brings a wealth of experience to Warren's staff with connections around the world of basketball.

At JU, his responsibilities include working primarily with the post players, recruiting, game preparation and coaching. He also coordinates the scheduling of future opponents and oversees all budgetary issues.

"We're fortunate to have a coach of Darryl's caliber and experience on our staff. He brings a wealth of knowledge about the game and has extensive recruiting contacts throughout the AAU, high school and junior college ranks." Cliff Warren

Prior to JU, Bruce was an assistant coach at Hampton, handling practice, game preparation, game coaching, recruiting and worked with both perimeter and post players. During that time, Bruce coached seven players to MEAC all-conference teams and helped lead the Pirates to two MEAC tournament title game appearances.

In addition, under his guidance, Hampton had the 2005 NCAA Division I individual leader in field goal percentage (66.2%).

Prior to Hampton, Bruce spent two seasons at Wagner College. He was responsible for recruiting, academic counseling, game preparation and coaching. During the 2001-02 season, he helped guide the Seahawks to the most wins (19) in school history while earning a berth in their first postseason tournament (NIT) in 23 years.

Before coaching at Wagner, Bruce spent three years as the top assistant at Howard University. At Howard, Bruce's responsibilities included recruiting prospective student-athletes, scheduling, academic counseling, team travel and acting as a liaison with on-campus departments. While there, he coached an all-conference and two all-rookie team selections.

Prior to Howard, Bruce assisted then head coach Mike Brey and the Blue Hen staff at Delaware with game day coaching, practice coordination and acted as the academic liaison. He also was heavily involved in the recruitment and development of one of the most successful classes in Delaware history. A class that would produce four starters on back-to-back conference championship and NCAA Tournament teams, one three-time all-league player, a conference player of the year, and the school's all-time leading scorer.

Bruce came to Delaware after a one- year stint as an assistant coach at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore where he served during the 1992-93 season under head coach Rob Chavez. He was responsible for scouting, recruiting and community relations.

While at UMES, Bruce was instrumental in improving the Hawks to a 12-15 mark in 1992-93, an improvement of nine wins from the previous season. The 12 victories were the most by the school in more than 10 seasons.

Bruce began his coaching career at his alma mater Towson State University (now known as Towson University) as a student assistant under then head coach Terry Truax.

He helped guide the Tigers to the East Coast Conference Title in 1989-90 and the school's first NCAA appearance in Division I.

Following graduation in 1990, Bruce moved to Bladensburg (Md.) High School where he served as assistant varsity and head junior varsity boy's basketball coach for two seasons. While at Bladensburg, he helped lead the Mustangs to two Maryland state playoff appearances.

Bruce, a native of Forestville, Md., attended DeMatha Catholic High School where he played one season of basketball. He was a starting defensive back on the nationally-ranked DeMatha football team for two seasons. He moved onto Towson State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1990.

Bruce has one daughter, Amaya, is single and resides in Jacksonville.