Saint Xavier University

Coach Daniels starts his first season and the head coach of the new Esports program for Saint Xavier University. The coed team will call the Shannon Center home, utilizing the space that once housed the on-campus bookstore. Daniels was the esports coordinator at Lourdes University (Ohio) for the last three seasons.

While under Daniels’ leadership, the Gray Wolves won the Great Lakes Esports Conference (GLEC) Fall 2020 Championship in League of Legends. LU won both the GLEC Spring 2021 and Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference titles while playing Overwatch. In 2022, Lourdes advanced to the 2022 Overwatch Collegiate Championship Sweet 16. He served on the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) Competition Council from January 2021 to July of 2022 and was named the NACE National Overwatch Coach of the Year in 2021.

Daniels earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Sports Administration/Coaching from Washington Adventist University (Md.) in 2016. He completed the master’s program in Business Administration from Ohio University in 2018 and in Sports Administration 2019 at OU.