Having helped launch D1.relocation from its infancy, Daniel now proudly serves as a partner and Senior Advisor. As a Senior Advisor, Daniel’s work is primarily assisting D1.relocation with business development of collegiate partners and with overall market growth strategies, as it fulfills its mission of serving the needs of coaches, administrators and their families as they transition from one job to the next.

Daniel was a student-athlete in college and began his professional career as a practicing attorney in Birmingham, Alabama, where he spent six years in a civil litigation defense practice. Looking for a change, Daniel took a leap of faith and transitioned into collegiate athletics at Arkansas State University, where he served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance. After two years, he was fortunate to get a job at his alma mater, the University of Alabama, as the Director of Compliance. He then moved up to a senior leadership role at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served in a variety of capacities and was promoted into the C.O.O. role as Executive Associate Athletic Director. After five years at Southern Miss, Daniel accepted a job as the Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where he served for five years and the department enjoyed tremendous success, including its three highest ever finishes in the conference commissioner’s cup. 

During his career in collegiate athletics, Daniel, his wife Claudine, and their three sons moved four times in a nine year span, all of which were extremely stressful on his family, including delivering their second son three weeks after arriving in Jonesboro, and their third son three months after arriving in Tuscaloosa. With these personal experiences in mind, and after hiring dozens of coaches and administrators throughout his career and watching them endure similar moving challenges, Daniel is passionate about the mission of D1.relocation and he is thrilled with its immediate success serving the collegiate athletics industry. 

 

Daniel is a full-time practicing collegiate sports law attorney and he resides in Spartanburg, SC, with his wife Claudine and their sons Noah, David, and Mark. On most nights and weekends throughout the year, Daniel can be found watching his sons play sports or exploring the mountains of the Carolinas!