Daren Sammy has been declared head coach of the West Indies men’s team for all formats. Sammy has been coaching the T20I and ODI teams of West Indies since last year, now from April 2025 he will replace Andre Coley and take charge of the Test side team also. This news has been announced by CWI director of cricket Miles Bascombe in St Vincent.
“It’s always an honor to represent the West Indies in any format or any position. For me, this news is not something I was expecting,” Sammy said at the press conference.
“Coaching was never something I saw myself doing but I must admit the way that it’s been going, I’ve developed a much stronger passion and a love for the job… I believe in processes, something that we’ve been able to do in the white-ball formats, and, with this new role, I’ve already mapped out some of the areas and some of the processes that we’ll have to follow for us to be successful [in Test cricket].
“I’m a patient man and once I trust that process and understand the requirement from the director of cricket, then the plan gets into action”
“So I’m excited about the added responsibility and the new journey, one that I think myself and my team will be prepared for.”
West Indies have won 15 of 28 ODIs since May 2023 under the training of Sammy, who also won four of seven bilateral series.
The team clinched four T20 series at home, making victories against India, England, and South Africa – and lost to Sri Lanka, Australia (both away), and England (home), the ongoing series against Bangladesh is not included in this count. Collectively, the team played 35 T20Is during this period, and they won 15 matches of them.
Since May 2023, West Indies have lost seven Test matches and won and drawn two matches, respectively, under Coley’s coaching. In January this year, their best match was an eight-run victory against Australia in Brisbane. They have not won even a single test series in this phase, though, and are at the bottom of the World Test Championship (WTC) points table.
“Post our current World Test Championship campaign, we are going to be expanding Mr. Sammy’s role to encompass all formats,” Bascombe declared. “So when we host Australia next summer, Daren Sammy will be the head coach of all senior men’s teams. I want to take this opportunity to thank Andre Coley, who has served well.”
“He still has to complete his World Test Championship campaign in Pakistan, and he will have our full support. But again, I want to congratulate Mr Sammy. We have been quite impressed with how he has charted a course for our white-ball teams, and he has guided them towards consistency of performance, and that is exactly what we want to see in our Test team.”
Darren Sammy has remained a great coach at many of the franchises, including CPL and PSL at the mainstream. Sammy was the most popular overseas person during the PSL, where he coached Peshawar Zalmi.