Shawn Daniel
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Simpson (CA) |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Record | 0–18 |
| Playing career | |
| 1997–2000 | Trinity Bible |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001 | Trinity Bible (assistant) |
| 2002–2006 | St. Joseph HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | SAGU (OL) |
| 2012–2015 | Midland (OL) |
| 2016–2017 | Lyon (OC) |
| 2018–2021 | Missouri Valley (OC) |
| 2022 | Sterling (OC) |
| 2023–present | Simpson (CA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–18 |
Shawn Daniel is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Simpson University in Redding, California, a position he has held since the 2023 season.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Daniel is a native of Taft, California, where he attended Taft Union High School.[3][1] He then went on to play college football at Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, North Dakota, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in biblical studies in 2002.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]While at Trinity Bible, he served as an assistant on the football team during the 2001 season.[1] He then became an assistant at St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria, California, from 2002 until 2006.[1][3] Daniel then had a couple stints as the offensive line coach at Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGA)—now known as Nelson University— in Waxahachie, Texas and Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska.[1][4] He then spent time as an offensive coordinator at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, then at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri, then at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas.[1][5][6]
On December 6, 2022, Simpson University announced the addition of a football program, the first in the school's history.[7] Soon after, Daniel was announced as the program's first ever head football coach.[2][3][4][5] In his first two seasons at Simpson, Daniel has accumulated a record of 0–15.
Personal life
[edit]While coaching at SAGU, Daniel graduated with a Master of Arts in theological studies in 2011.[1]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson (NAIA independent) (2024) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Simpson | 0–9 | |||||||
| Simpson (Frontier Conference) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Simpson | 0–9 | 0–5 | (West) | |||||
| Simpson: | 0–18 | 0–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–18 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Shawn Daniel". simpsonredhawks.com. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Fink, Jenna (December 14, 2022). "Simpson University hires Shawn Daniel as first head football coach". Action News Now. Redding, California. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c Hanson, Ethan (December 14, 2022). "Simpson hires its first football coach. Who is Shawn Daniel?". redding.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Samuels, Doug (December 14, 2022). "Simpson University names first head coach". FootballScoop. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ a b "Simpson University Announces First Head Football Coach, Shawn Daniel". simpsonredhawks.com. December 14, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Daniel". lyonscots.com. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
- ^ "Simpson University Announces Addition of Football". simpsonredhawks.com. Redding, California. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2025.