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Lazare played college basketball at LSU from the 2003–04 season through the 2006–07 season, finishing his career with 120 games played and 48 starts, as LSU won 82 games across his four years. He completed his LSU career with 595 points (5.0 per game) and 356 rebounds (3.0 per game), while shooting 237-of-446 from the field (53.1%) and 120-of-188 at the free-throw line (63.8%). Lazare suited up for LSU during the 2003–04 season, which the program’s year-by-year records list as an 18–11 campaign under head coach John Brady. In that 2003–04 season, he appeared in 29 games and started 8, averaging 12.3 minutes, 2.9 points, and 2.4 rebounds per game while shooting .563 from the field and .520 at the line. As a freshman he opened the season in the starting lineup vs Southern (11/21/03), played 36 minutes, went 5-for-5 from the field, and scored 13 points, and he later produced double-figure scoring games off the bench including 11 at Auburn (3/6). Across his two games against Auburn that season, he shot 10-for-14 from the field, and he also grabbed 9 rebounds in LSU’s SEC Tournament game against South Carolina (3/12). Lazare returned for the 2004–05 season, which LSU’s year-by-year records list as a 20–10 campaign under head coach John Brady that ended in the NCAA tournament. In that 2004–05 season, he appeared in 25 games and did not start, averaging 6.8 minutes, 2.0 points, and 1.2 rebounds per game while shooting .588 from the field and .692 at the line. He hit 20-of-34 field goal attempts on the year, scored a season-high 9 points twice (including vs Auburn on Feb. 9 when he went 4-for-5 from the field), and pulled down a season-high 7 rebounds vs the University of New Orleans (11/24). In the 2005–06 season, LSU produced a 27–9 record (14–2 SEC) under head coach John Brady, won the SEC regular season title, and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. Within that Final Four season, Lazare played in all 36 games with 14 starts, averaging 18.9 minutes, 6.7 points, and 3.4 rebounds per game, while shooting .489 from the field and .679 at the line. He opened the year in the starting lineup (starting the first nine games), later picked up additional starts late in the season and postseason, and logged starts in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. He posted 11 double-figure scoring games that season, including a then-career-high 20 points vs UNO (12/13/05) on 8-of-14 shooting with two blocks in 27 minutes, and he added 16 points in LSU’s SEC Tournament win vs Vanderbilt (3/10). In LSU’s NCAA Tournament first-round win over Iona (3/15), he scored 10 points with 7 rebounds, and in the Sweet 16 win over No. 1 Duke (3/23) he came off the bench to score 10 points with two assists in the first half while LSU’s frontcourt rotation included teammates such as Glen Davis and Tyrus Thomas. That 2005–06 LSU run to the Final Four included wins over Iona, Texas A&M, Duke, and Texas before the season ended with a national semifinal loss to UCLA, with LSU led by core contributors including Darrel Mitchell, Glen Davis, and Tyrus Thomas during the campaign. Lazare’s senior season came in 2006–07, when LSU’s year-by-year records list the Tigers as 17–15 (5–11 SEC) under head coach John Brady. In 2006–07, he played in 30 games and started 25, averaging 23.9 minutes, 7.4 points, and 4.5 rebounds per game while shooting .556 from the field and .621 at the line. He missed two December games while recovering from a sprained ankle, recorded 11 blocks on the season, and produced a career-high three blocks against Ole Miss in the season finale (3/9/07). On Feb. 14, 2007 at Ole Miss, Lazare scored a career-high 22 points, and LSU’s recap of the game also noted Glen Davis had 26 points and 11 rebounds in the one-point loss. He closed his LSU career with three straight double-figure scoring games (12 vs South Carolina on 3/3/07, 12 vs Tennessee in the SEC Tournament on 3/8/07, and 13 vs Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament on 3/9/07), and he totaled nine double-figure scoring games as a senior. Across his four LSU seasons, Lazare’s per-season line (games, starts, minutes, points, rebounds, and shooting) was 2003–04: 29 games, 8 starts, 12.3 minutes, 2.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, .563 FG; 2004–05: 25 games, 0 starts, 6.8 minutes, 2.0 points, 1.2 rebounds, .588 FG; 2005–06: 36 games, 14 starts, 18.9 minutes, 6.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, .489 FG; 2006–07: 30 games, 25 starts, 23.9 minutes, 7.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, .556 FG. His LSU career highs included 22 points (at Ole Miss, 2/14/07), 10 rebounds (vs Nicholls State, 11/17/06), 10 field goals made (at Ole Miss, 2/14/07), 8 free throws made (vs Nicholls State, 11/17/06), 3 assists (vs Arkansas, 2/8/06), 3 steals (twice), and 39 minutes (vs Tennessee in the SEC Tournament, 3/8/07)

COACHING HISTORY

Darnell Lazare moved into coaching following his professional playing career and served as an assistant coach with the Iowa Energy during the 2015/16 season.

Lazare worked in player development with the Memphis Grizzlies from 2016 to 2019 before spending 2019 to 2025 with the New Orleans Pelicans in player development and assistant coaching roles.

In 2025, Lazare returned to Memphis as an assistant coach and remained on the Grizzlies coaching staff in 2026.