Darren Tighe

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][8] He spent two seasons with the Trojans, compiling an overall record of 29–30 (10–17 in the NSAA).

On April 8, 2025 it was announced that Tighe would be the next head coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.^[1]