A two-time All Conference NCAA Division II athlete at Colorado Christian University (CCU), Dave Daniels was named 1993 Conference Most Valuable Player, ranked second in the country in assists, and helped lead his team to two conference championships.

After graduation Dave spent time with two Continental Basketball Association (CBA) teams and the NBA Denver Nuggets‘ Rocky Mountain Review summer league team before joining Athletes In Action in 1994. He went on to represent his country as a member of the Canadian Senior Men’s National Team in the 1998 World Championships and in the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia; backing up Steve Nash at the point guard position.

Dave served as an assistant coach for the Colorado Christian University (CCU) men’s team in 1996, and then took over as the head coach of the program in 2005. He also spent six years as a head coach for Athletes in Action.

Dave was at the  helm of CCU men’s basketball for 6 years and led the Cougars to an Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) East Division Championship, a 2008 NCAA Division II National Tournament appearance, a 2009 National Christian College Athletic Association national finals berth and was named as the 2007-08 RMAC Coach of the Year. In 2004 Dave was inducted into the Colorado Christian University Hall of Fame.  Dave is currently the Head Coach for the men`s basketball team at  Northwest Nazarene University.

What They’re Saying About Dave

“Dave Daniels was an amazing coach and seems like a ‘natural’. He is very relational and friendly and keeps kids and other coaches on their toes by demanding excellence.” — Coach Dan Taylor, King’s High School

“Dave Daniels was an exceptional head ‘mentor’ who demonstrated and modeled all that I expected from PGC.” — Coach Pat Scott, South Salem High School

“I wanted to write down everything he said.” — Emily Anderson, Fairbanks, Alaska

“I had a bad attitude towards the court sessions. Instead of utilizing them, I wasted them. Thanks to Coach Dave’s encouraging words, I had an ‘attitude revelation’.” — Hunter Brennick