Dennis Darling begins his first season as an assistant coach with The University of Texas-Pan American men's and women's track and field program.

A world-class athlete, Darling was a member of the 4x400 relay squad that represented the Bahamas and qualified for the finals in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Darling became the second freshman - joining Carl Lewis - in the history of the University of Houston track and field program to be selected to the Olympic team during his freshman season when he anchored the 4x400-meter relay team during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA.

At the 1996 Olympics, the newly-named Bronc assistant coach was part of a Bahamas relay squad that finished fifth overall, and it would be the first of three trips for Darling as he helped propel the relay squad to a fourth-place finish at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, and a sixth-place showing at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was selected as the team captain.

Darling captured his bronze medal at the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships in 2003 with a time of 3:00.53 in the 4x400-meter relay in Paris, France. Darling was also a part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that reached the finals at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain.

A four-time participant at the IAAF World Championships, Darling competed in the men's 400-meter race in Athens, Greece, and competed with the 4x400-meter relay squad at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Darling was a standout for the University of Houston track and field program where he captured 12 Conference USA individual titles and won his first NCAA National Championship in the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.65 in 1998. During his career with the Cougars, Darling captured three titles in the 200-meter, 400-meter dashes and the 4x400-meter relay.

During his senior campaign, Darling was selected as the Conference USA Indoor Men's Athlete of the Year for the second time in his career after receiving the same award during his junior season. Darling was a four-time All-American with the Cougars and captured All-American laurels in both indoor and outdoor competition during his freshman campaign.

While at the University of Houston, Darling was selected as the Mentor of the Year by the EXCEL Program, which matched up incoming freshmen with senior mentors during the academic year.

Athletic standouts from deep in the Darling family as his brother, Devard, is a wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens and his cousin, Frank Rutherford, became the first athlete from the Bahamas to win an Olympic medal where he received the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 1992 Olympics.

Darling is married to fellow Bahamian sprinter Tonique Williams-Darling, who captured the gold medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. His wife became the first athlete from the Bahamas to win a gold medal in Olympic competition.