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{{short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Darryl Middleton
 | image             = DarrylMiddleton.jpg
 | caption           = Middleton with [[CB Lucentum Alicante]].
 | position          = [[Assistant coach]]
 | height_ft         = 6
 | height_in         = 8
 | weight_lbs        = 240
 | league            = [[Liga ACB]]
 | team              = Bàsquet Girona
 | nationality       = American / Spanish
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1966|7|21}}
 | birth_place       = [[New York City|New York City, New York]], U.S.
 | high_school       = [[William Cullen Bryant High School|William Cullen Bryant]]<br>([[Queens|Queens, New York]])
 | college           = [[Baylor Bears men's basketball|Baylor]] (1984–1988)
 | draft_year        = 1988
 | draft_round       = 3
 | draft_pick        = 68
 | draft_team        = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
 | career_position   = [[Power forward]]
 | career_number     = 7, 11, 44
 | career_start      = 1988
 | career_end        = 2014
 | coach_start       = 2014
 | coach_end         = 
 | years1            = 1988–1989
 | team1             = [[Çukurova Sanayi (men's basketball)|Çukurova Sanayi]]
 | years2            = 1989–1991
 | team2             = Aresium Milan
 | years3            = 1991–1992
 | team3             = [[CB Girona|Girona]]
 | years4            = 1992–1994
 | team4             = [[CB Sevilla|Caja San Fernando]]
 | years5            = 1994–1996
 | team5             = [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]
 | years6            = 1996–1998
 | team6             = Girona
 | years7            = 1998–1999
 | team7             = [[Joventut Badalona]]
 | years8            = 1999–2000
 | team8             = Girona
 | years9            = 2000–2005
 | team9             = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]
 | years10           = 2005–2006
 | team10            = [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]]
 | years11           = 2006–2011
 | team11            = Girona
 | years12           = 2011
 | team12            = [[Valencia Basket]]
 | years13           = 2011–2012
 | team13            = Girona
 | years14           = 2012–2013
 | team14            = [[CB Lucentum Alicante]]
 | years15           = 2013–2014
 | team15            = CB Benidorm
 | cyears1           = 2014–2024
 | cteam1            = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant)
 | cyears2           = 2024–present
 | cteam2            = [[CB Girona|Girona]] (assistant)
 | highlights        = 
'''As a player:'''
* [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2001–02 Euroleague|2002]])
* 3× [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League MVP]] (1992, 1993, 2000)
* 3× [[ACB contests|Spanish All-Star]] (1992–1994)
* 2× [[Liga ACB|Spanish League]] champion (1995, 1996)
* 4× [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (2001, 2003–2005)
* 2× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2003, 2005)
* 2x [[Lega Basket All Star Game|Italian All-Star Game]] (1990, 1998)
* [[EuroChallenge|FIBA EuroCup]] champion (2007)
* [[Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|SWC Player of the Year]] (1988)
* 2× First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] (1987, 1988)
'''As an assistant coach:'''
* 2× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2015–16 Euroleague|2016]], [[2018–19 EuroLeague|2019]])
* 3× [[VTB United League]] champion ([[2014–15 VTB United League|2015]]–[[2016–17 VTB United League|2017]])
* 5× [[Gomelsky Cup]] champion (2015, 2016, 2018–2020)
}}
'''Darryl Bryan Middleton''' (born July 21, 1966) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player and current [[Coach (basketball)|assistant coach]] for [[CB Girona|Girona]] of the [[Liga ACB]]. Standing at {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}, he played at the [[power forward]] position. He holds the record for being the oldest player to ever play a game in the history of the [[Liga ACB|Spanish ACB League]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092710aac.html |title=BaylorBears.com Former All-SWC Power Forward Darryl Middleton Still Playing in Europe. |access-date=2011-03-15 |archive-date=2018-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627100446/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092710aac.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also holds a Spanish passport.

==College career==
Middleton played [[college basketball]] with the [[Baylor Bears basketball|Baylor Bears]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==Professional career==
[[File:CB Sant Josep Girona Bàsquet.jpg|thumb|left|Middleton, at [[CB Sant Josep|Girona]].]]
After college, Middleton was selected by the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in the 3rd round (68th overall) of the [[1988 NBA draft]]. However, he never played in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. He did however, have a prosperous basketball career in Europe, with teams such as: [[Çukurova Sanayi (men's basketball)|Çukurova Sanayi]], Aresium Milan, [[CB Girona|Girona]], [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]], [[Joventut Badalona]], [[CB Sevilla|Caja San Fernando]], [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]], and [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

He won three [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League Most Valuable Player]] awards (1992, 1993, 2000). He also won two [[Liga ACB|Spanish League]] championships (1995, 1996), while playing with [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]]. From 2000 to 2005, Middleton played with [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]], and with them he won four [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] championships (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005), two [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cups]] (2003, 2005), and the [[2001–02 Euroleague]] championship. In 2007, Middleton won the [[EuroChallenge|FIBA EuroCup]], while playing with [[CB Girona|Girona]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

He then continued to play with Girona, as part of the re-founded [[CB Sant Josep|Sant Josep]]. In March 2011, he signed a contract with [[Valencia Basket]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=74669 |title=ACB.com Power Electronics Valencia llega a un acuerdo con Middleton para 2 meses. |access-date=2011-03-15 |language=es |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193617/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=74669 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After Girona, he signed with [[CB Lucentum Alicante]]. Lucentum Alicante, despite having finished in 6th place in the [[Liga ACB]], and having earned the right to play in European-wide league, sold their place in the top Spanish League, and played instead in the Spanish 2nd Division [[Liga Española de Baloncesto|LEB Oro]], during the 2012–13 season. This was due to financial issues.<ref>[http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20120720/lucentum-alicante-vende-su-plaza-acb/549053.shtml RTVE El Lucentum Alicante vende su plaza a la ACB {{in lang|es}}.]</ref> Middleton was a part of the team during that season, and he helped them to finish in 3rd place in the Spanish 2nd Division, and after winning in the league's playoffs, they earned a return to the [[Spanish basketball league system|top-tier level]] [[Liga ACB]].<ref>[http://www.diarioinformacion.com/cb-lucentum/2013/06/06/ultima-estacion-liga-endesa/1382002.html Diario Información de Alicante. El Lucentum consigue el ascenso a la ACB tras barrer al Andorra en su casa por 26 puntos {{in lang|es}}.]</ref>

In October 2013, at the age of 47, Middleton signed with Servigroup Benidorm of the [[Liga EBA]], the Spanish fourth division league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middleton Bryant, Darryl |url=https://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/jugador/565244/617678 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Federación Española de Baloncesto}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In June 2014, Middleton was appointed as an assistant coach for [[Dimitrios Itoudis]] in the Russian team [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CSKA coaching staff is set|url=http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=13556&lang=en|website=cskabasket.com|access-date=4 July 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211720/http://www.cskabasket.com/news/?id=13556&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170220131725/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=ALS Darryl Middleton] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ESP&PlayerID=5820 Darryl Middleton] at eurobasket.com
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=APO Darryl Middleton] at euroleague.net
* [http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=MID-DAR Darryl Middleton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162307/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=MID-DAR |date=2014-07-14 }} at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}
* [http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3662 Darryl Middleton] at thedraftreview.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112429/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/features/player-spotlight/i/28269/darryl-middleton-akasvayu Darryl Middleton] at eurocupbasketball.com

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