Darren Crocker (born 26 March 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who is currently the coach of the AFL Women's team. He formerly played for, and was on three separate occasions a caretaker coach of, the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Crocker played in the 1996 AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.
On 16 June 2009, he was appointed caretaker senior coach of the North Melbourne Football Club after the resignation of Danielle Laidley. On 17 August 2009 the North Melbourne Football Club appointed Brad Scott as their senior coach, thus Crocker was not retained as North Melbourne coach for the 2010 season. However, he remained as assistant coach at North Melbourne Football Club. In 2015, Crocker again served as acting coach when Scott underwent back surgery, and again for one match in 2016 when Scott was ill.
On 4 June 2020, Crocker was appointed as coach of the AFL Women's side, following the departure of inaugural coach Scott Gowans.
During the 2024 AFL Women's season, Crocker would lead North Melbourne to an undefeated record, en route to the club's maiden premiership in the 2024 AFLW Grand Final against the Brisbane Lions AFL Women's side. For his efforts, Crocker was named AFLW Coach's Association Coach of the Year.
In 2025, Crocker and North Melbourne would go one better, winning every single game and completing a perfect season, becoming the league's first side to win back-to-back premierships.
He is married with four children.
|- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1985 |style="text-align:center;"| | 49 || 13 || 8 || 6 || 111 || 62 || 173 || 49 || || 0.6 || 0.5 || 8.5 || 4.8 || 13.3 || 3.8 || || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1986 |style="text-align:center;"| | 14 || 11 || 8 || 4 || 94 || 45 || 139 || 43 || || 0.7 || 0.4 || 8.5 || 4.1 || 12.6 || 3.9 || || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 15 || 11 || 5 || 177 || 74 || 251 || 59 || 29 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 11.8 || 4.9 || 16.7 || 3.9 || 1.9 || 7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 36 || 14 || 50 || 11 || 2 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 9.0 || 3.5 || 12.5 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 9 || 12 || 5 || 75 || 34 || 109 || 37 || 14 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 8.3 || 3.8 || 12.1 || 4.1 || 1.6 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 14 || 5 || 11 || 154 || 60 || 214 || 43 || 18 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 11.0 || 4.3 || 15.3 || 3.1 || 1.3 || 8 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 15 || 4 || 3 || 147 || 73 || 220 || 56 || 10 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 9.8 || 4.9 || 14.7 || 3.7 || 0.7 || 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 22 || 16 || 15 || 290 || 141 || 431 || 82 || 32 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 13.2 || 6.4 || 19.6 || 3.7 || 1.5 || 3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 14 || 10 || 10 || 152 || 61 || 213 || 47 || 26 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 10.9 || 4.4 || 15.2 || 3.4 || 2.3 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 14 || 7 || 3 || 128 || 98 || 226 || 50 || 15 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 9.1 || 7.0 || 16.1 || 3.6 || 1.1 || 4 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 17 || 10 || 27 || 9 || 4 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 5.7 || 3.3 || 9.0 || 3.0 || 1.3 || 0 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1996â |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 15 || 20 || 15 || 94 || 29 || 123 || 42 || 15 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 6.3 || 1.9 || 8.2 || 2.8 || 1.0 || 4 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 9 || 10 || 4 || 25 || 14 || 39 || 6 || 4 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 3.1 || 2.9 || 6.0 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 165 ! 119 ! 90 ! 1522 ! 735 ! 2257 ! 542 ! 174 ! 0.7 ! 0.5 ! 9.2 ! 4.5 ! 13.7 ! 3.3 ! 1.2 ! 28
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2009 |style="text-align:center;"| | 10 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 35.0% || 13 || 16 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2015 |style="text-align:center;"| | 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 50.0% || || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2016 |style="text-align:center;"| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.0% || || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2021 |style="text-align:center;"| | 10 || 6 || 4 || 0 || 60.0% || 6 || 14 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2022 |style="text-align:center;"| | 11 || 7 || 4 || 0 || 57.1% || 4 || 14 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2022 (S7) |style="text-align:center;"| | 13 || 8 || 4 || 1 || 61.5% || 8 || 18 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2023 |style="text-align:center;"| | 13 || 9 || 4 || 0 || 69.2% || 3 || 18 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2024 |style="text-align:center;"| | 14 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 92.8% || 1 || 18 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal" | 2025 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 100.0% || || 18 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Career totals ! 77 ! 50 ! 24 ! 3 ! 64.9% ! colspan=2|