Jeff McDaniels '14 - Football Coach - Davidson College Athletics

Jeff McDaniels '14

Title:
Cornerbacks/Recruiting Coordinator
Email:
football@davidson.edu
Phone:
3062

Recruiting Areas:
Texas – Waco South & Houston / East Texas (Counties: Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Houston, Irion, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, Madison, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Milam, Mills, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Real, Refugio, Robertson, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Starr, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala)
Louisiana

Jeff McDaniels is entering his third season as the Davidson College Wildcats cornerbacks coach and is now the programs Recruiting Coordinator. McDaniels is a Davidson College Class of 2014 graduate and a former Wildcat receiver.

Before returning to his alma mater, McDaniels spent two seasons at Texas State University as the Offensive Skill and Special Teams Graduate Assistant Coach. During the 2016 season McDaniels worked primarily with the Receivers and all of the Special Teams Units for Head Coach Everett Withers. The Bobcats led the entire country in blocked kicks (8) in 2016. In his first season at Texas State under then Head Coach Dennis Franchione, he worked with the Running Backs and Tights Ends while again working with all Special Teams Units. He helped Running Back Robert Lowe become the first Bobcat since 1997 to rush for over 900 yards in three consecutive years. Lowe finished his career 4th on the all-time rushing yards list (3027) and 4th in all-time rushing TDs (29). In the kicking game that season, the Bobcats finished near the top of nearly every primary kicking statistic in the Sun Belt Conference and Receiver Brandon Smith was selected to the 2015 All-Sun Belt Conference Team as a Kick Returner.

Prior to Texas State, McDaniels served as the Offensive Quality Control Coach working with both the Quarterbacks and Receivers for Head Coach Bobby Wilder at Old Dominion University. During his season at ODU he coached current Carolina Panthers backup Quarterback Taylor Heinicke, a two-time All-American and Walter Payton Award Winner (FCS Most Outstanding Player Award). Heinicke is the all-time leader in every passing statistic in Monarch history. He also worked with the two best statistical Receivers in ODU history: Zach Pascal and Antonio Vaughan. Pascal, a current member of the Indianapolis Colts, ranks in the top-two of every receiving statistic in Monarch history and Vaughan is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Monarchs.

A two-year letterman and Senior Team Captain for the Wildcats, McDaniels ranked second among Receivers with 37 catches for 428 yards and three touchdowns as a Senior. During his Senior season he also was the leading Punter and was named Davidson’s Special Teams Player of the Year by the coaching staff. He finished his playing career as a three-time Academic All-Pioneer League Football Member. His coaching career started during the spring of his Senior year when he transitioned from a player to an Offensive Student Assistant Coach.

Before becoming a Wildcat, McDaniels graduated from Del Rio High School in Del Rio, Texas after wrapping up a successful playing career by being named an Academic All State Receiver. He graduated from Davidson College in 2014 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a Minor in Interpersonal and Mass Communication. He has a Master’s Degree with Honors in Education and Sports Management from Old Dominion University and a second Master’s Degree with Honors in Mass Communication with an emphasis in Strategic Communications from Texas State University.

THE McDANIELS FILE
Education: B.S., Psychology; Minor in Interpersonal and Mass Communication – Davidson 2014; M.A., Sports Management and Education – Old Dominion, 2016; M.A., Strategic Communication – Texas State, 2016
Playing Experience: Davidson 2010-2013

McDANIELS YEAR-BY-YEAR
2017-pr.: Davidson (Cornerbacks and Recruiting Coordinator)
2015-16: Texas State (Offensive Skill and Special Teams Graduate Assistant)
2014-15: Old Dominion (Offensive Quality Control – QB’s and WR’s)