Career
He was recruiting co-ordinator (football) from 1983-1985. Dan joined Texas Agricultural and Mechanical in 1972 after serving as Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at San Angelo Central High School in San Angelo, Texas from 1967 through 1972. He never had a losing record as head coach at San Angelo.
From 1960 through 1966, Dan was offensive line coach for the San Angelo Bobcats following Emory Bellard from Breckenridge, Texas in coming to the Bobcats.
In Breckenridge, Dan was also the offensive line coach under Coach Bellard. Once again, Dan followed Coach Bellard to Texas Agricultural and Mechanical in 1972 as Bellard joined the Aggies as head football coach having come from the University of Texas at Austin.
While at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, Dan served under the following head football coaches: Emory Bellard, Tom Wilson and Jackie Sherrill. Besides having a successful career as a football coach, Dan also served in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a forward torpedoman aboard the United States Ship Seafox Submarine.
