:Rex Darling

{{Short description|American football, basketball, and tennis coach}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Rex Darling

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|10|2}}

| birth_place = Lincoln, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|10|14|1914|10|2}}

| death_place = Charleston, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1945–1950

| coach_team2 = Eastern Illinois (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1951

| coach_team3 = Eastern Illinois

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1945–1964

| coach_team5 = Eastern Illinois (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1964–1967

| coach_team6 = Eastern Illinois

| coach_sport7 = Tennis

| coach_years8 = 1946–1974

| coach_team8 = Eastern Illinois

| overall_record = 4–2–2 (football)
42–55 (basketball)

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Rex V. Darling (October 2, 1914 – October 14, 1996) was an American football, basketball, and tennis coach. He was the 12th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—in Charleston, Illinois, serving for one season, in 1951, and compiling a record of 4–2–2.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php Eastern Illinois Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122094010/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/eastern_illinois/coaching_records.php |date=November 22, 2007 }}{{Cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B11FD345E137A93CAA81783D85F438685F9|title = Rex Darling Gets New Post|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 18 August 1967}} Darling was also the head basketball coach at Eastern Illinois from 1964 to 1967, tallying a mark of 42–55. He was the school's head tennis coach from 1946 to 1974.