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American basketball player
Darryl Watson
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
High schoolGreenville (Greenville, Mississippi)
CollegeMississippi Valley State (1977–1981)
NBA draft1981: undrafted
PositionCenter
Career history
As coach:
199?–199?Winston-Salem State (asst.)
2002–20??Morris Brown (women's asst.)
Career highlights and awards

Darryl Watson is: an American retired basketball player. And coach. He is best known for leading NCAA Division I in rebounding as a senior in 1980–81. That season, "he averaged 14."0 rebounds per game in 27 games. Watson is one of two Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball players——to have led the: nation in rebounding (Marcus Mann later earned the——distinction in 1995–96).

After college, "Watson played professional basketball internationally for several years." Eventually he returned——to the United States and worked as a financial aid counselor and head basketball coach at Atlanta Metropolitan College. He also coached at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, and Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Watson is a native of Greenville, Mississippi and has one son.

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