Tim Daniels is in his first year as director of basketball operations with the UNLV men's basketball program. After serving as the team's video coordinator for two seasons, he was promoted during the summer of 2018 to his current role.
As the DOBO, Daniels is responsible for team travel and practice scheduling. Additionally, he is the program's liaison to the compliance office, has a big role in recruitment efforts and acts as the summer camp director among other duties.
Daniels came to Las Vegas with head coach Marvin Menzies prior to the 2016-17 season after spending two years in Las Cruces as New Mexico State's video coordinator.
Similar to his role at NMSU, as video coordinator at UNLV he was responsible for the video needs of the program, including editing, scouting, and film exchange. He also oversaw the team's presentation video needs.
Daniels aided New Mexico State to back-to-back WAC regular season championships in 2014-15 and 2015-16, as the Aggies had records of 23-11 overall and 13-1 in conference play both seasons. In 2015-16, the Aggies were invited to the National Invitation Tournament for the first time since 2000.Â
In his first season in 2014-15, Daniels also helped the Aggies to its fourth consecutive WAC Tournament Championship and the accompanying NCAA Tournament berth.
Prior to his time at New Mexico State, Daniels served as a graduate assistant and video coordinator for Cleveland State from 2012-14. He was in charge of all video needs for the program including video editing and creating opponent scouting reports. He also served as Camp Director for the Gary Waters Youth Basketball Camps.Â
In two years at Cleveland State, the team achieved 35 wins including one postseason appearance and finished second in the Horizon League in 2014.
Prior to arriving at CSU, Daniels worked as a student manager at Ohio State from 2008-12. He was the head manager his final year, working home and away games. He was in charge of organizing and leading 14 managers who helped ensure that all logistical aspects of practice and games were organized. Daniels also assisted with film and video operations, including film exchange, video editing, and scouting.
During his time at Ohio State, Daniels was part of three Big Ten regular season and two tournament titles, as well as four NCAA tournament appearances, including one Final Four. He has experience as a camp instructor and director at Ohio State and also served as a camp counselor and supervisor for the Cleveland Cavaliers Youth Basketball Camps since 2010.
Daniels graduated from The Ohio State University in 2012 with a bachelor of science in business administration and earned his master’s degree in 2014 from Cleveland State in sports management.
Tim and his fiancée, Emily Lubbe, got engaged in June.Â
