Dan has also coached the Linden Meadows Grade 8 girls, Manitoba Magic, and various WMBA teams, capturing the JHIT, RSL, and 3 age group WMBA Championships.
As a player, Dan played his high school basketball at Fort Richmond Collegiate and then went on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball at the University of Colorado. After graduation, Dan continued his basketball career playing 12 years for a variety of teams and leagues all over the globe playing in Spain, Israel, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Mexico, Finland, and Luxembourg. Dan also played in the USLB, CBA, GBL, WBL, NBL, and the IBL...including stints with the Winnipeg Thunder and the Winnipeg Cyclone.
In the summer of 1991, Dan was invited to try-out for the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers of the NBA. Dan's playing career also saw him represent Team Canada in the late 80's early 90's on various Student and Training National Teams including the 1989 World University Games in Germany and 2 Jones Cups in Taipei, Taiwan (1984 and 1994).
Currently, Dan is the 17U male Provincial Team head coach and the head coach of the Basketball Canada Centre for Performance Male Program for the Manitoba region. Dan is the High Performance Coach for Basketball Manitoba and a Learning Facilitator in the new NCCP coaching education program. He completed his NCCP Level 4 education at the National Coaching Institute in Winnipeg. Dan is also trained in the new NCCP coursework at the Train To Compete, Train To Train, Learn To Train stages.
