Cowley County Community College Men's Baseball

Burroughs begins his 28th season as an assistant to his brother Dave. He has helped coach the Tigers to 16 Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division titles in the past 22 seasons, and seven trips to the NJCAA World Series in the past 20 seasons, including a trip to the World Series in the 2016 season.  He has been a part of 1,120 wins as assistant coach of the Tigers. He graduated from Vinita High School in Vinita, Okla., in 1978. There he was an all-stater and played for the Oklahoma All-Star Team in what is now called the Sun Belt Classic. Darren was a fifth-round draft choice out of high school and went on to play 10 years of professional baseball, including six years at the Triple A level. He participated in three major league spring trainings. Darren and his wife Carolyn are the parents of two children: Brent and Brylee.

Buckingham returned to Cowley College for a second stint as an assistant baseball coach during the 2011 season. Buckingham previously was an assistant coach for the Tigers during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He was a volunteer assistant with the team in 2004. In his eight seasons as an assistant coach at Cowley, Buckingham has helped the Tigers win 340 games, capture four Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division titles, and qualify for the JUCO World Series in 2016. Prior to his first coaching stint at Cowley, he served as a student assistant at Arkansas State University. Before returning to coaching, he spent the previous four years working in sales in Wichita. Buckingham was a middle infielder for the Cowley baseball team in 1999 and 2000. He then transferred to Arkansas State University, where he played for two years. After graduating from Arkansas State, Buckingham played one year of baseball for the Winnipeg Gold Eyes. He received a Masters Degree of Science in Leadership from Southwestern College. Buckingham was also an All-State baseball player and the Southwest Missouri Player of the Year his senior year at McDonald County High School in Anderson, Mo. Along with his coaching duties, Buckingham will also serve as a dorm manager in the Storbeck Dormitory. He and his wife, Jessica, have a son, Briggs, and a daughter, Brynn. Buckingham can be reached at