Darren Fenn (born February 17, 1980), is an American former professional

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player and current owner of the

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. He also owns and operates the XGen Elite basketball academy in

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Early life

Fenn was born in Tonawanda, New York. He played basketball at

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, where he was named Western New York Player of the Year in 1997. He later played college basketball for

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, where he was team captain for their 2001–01 season and led his squad to the 2001 MAAC men's basketball tournament championship game.

Playing career

After turning professional, Fenn played internationally with

Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...

(2001–2002),

PBC Ural Great Perm PBC Ural Great Perm was a Russian professional basketball club located in Perm. The club's home arena was Molot Sports Hall. The team played in the Russian Super League. History The club was established in the year 1995 on the basis of the loc ...

(2004),

KK Bosna Košarkaški klub Bosna Royal (), commonly referred to as KK Bosna, currently named Bosna Visit Sarajevo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the most successful Bosnian cl ...

(2004–2005),

KB Trepça Klubi i Basketbollit Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club competes domestically in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and Kosovo Cup (basketball), Kosovo Cup and internationally in the Fiba Europe Cup. Tr ...

(2005),

Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven () is a professional basketball club from Bremerhaven, Germany, that competes in the ProA. The team was established as the professional section of the club BSG Bremerhaven and played in the first-tiered Basketball Bundesliga ...

(2005–2006),

Bamberg Baskets Bamberg Baskets is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia/North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup six times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketball ...

(2006–2008),

Artland Dragons QTSV Quakenbrück, widely known as Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany. The club's home arena is the Artland Arena, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. From 2003 till 2015 the club played in the B ...

(2008–2012),

Hitachi SunRockers Sun Rockers Shibuya is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tokyo and acquired by Sega Sammy. Until 2000, the team was known as Hitachi Honsha Rising Sun. The team currently plays in the B.League. Current roster N ...

(2012–2013),

JDA Dijon Basket Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French first tier division. The club has won the Frenc ...

(2013), BC SCM Timișoara (2014) and s.Oliver Baskets (2014). He won the 2004

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with

, and the 2005

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with

. Fenn was honored as All-BBL following the 2006–07 season where he won the German Championship with the

, and was named MVP of the 2009

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Coaching career

Fenn founded WNY Premier Basketball Training in 2015. He was head coach of

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for their 2016–17 season, but left to run basketball operations at St. Mary's High School after they offered space for his business. Fenn renamed his business to XGen Elite, and the company relocated to XGen Elite Sports Complex in

. Jordan Nwora of the

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was trained by Fenn at the facility. He founded the

of the

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in 2023, which plays within his XGen Elite Sports Complex.

Personal life

Fenn is married to Kimberly Cross and they have two children. His oldest daughter Sydney currently plays for the

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, and his youngest daughter Alexis has a pending offer to play for the

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. He was inducted into the

Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and the

Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

References

External links

Official websiteCareer statistics
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