Background
Danaher was born in Missouri but shortly afterwards his family moved to south Texas.
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He played high school football at Harlingen High School, graduated in 1967 and received a football scholarship from Angelo State University. Danaher received his Bachelor of Science in physical education in August 1971.
Career
He is the current head coach at Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Danaher is one of only two Texas high school football coaches to reach 400 career wins. He then became assistant coach at 5A Edison High School in San Antonio.
In 1974 Danaher got his first head coaching job in Dilley, Texas, a class 2A school.
Danaher left Dilley with a 25-15-2 record after four seasons for the head coaching position at Hamshire-Fannett High School, a 3A school. Danaher guided the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns to a 43-22 record in six years, winning three district championships and advancing to the regional finals twice along the way.
Danaher"s next stop was 4A Calallen High School. He basically turned around a football program that had not reached the playoffs for 28 years, by leading them to seven the state semi-finals appearances since.
Beginning in 1988, Calallen had a state record 16 consecutive seasons with ten or more wins — twice as much as the previous record established by Yates High School from Houston, Texas in the 1960s.
As of the end of 2010 season, Danaher ranks 2nd in Texas all-time High School wins as a coach, behind G. A. Moore (Pilot Point High School, 426 wins. Danaher"s son Wes played running back. At Calallen from 1992-1995 and ranks 3rd in Texas High School football career rushing yards with 8,855 yards, behind Ken Hall and Traylon Shead.
