Dan Nielson (basketball)

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Dan Nielson
UVU Women's Basketball Head Coach Dan Nielson during game in UCCU Center versus ACU on 1 February 2024.jpg
Nielson in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Utah Valley
Conference WAC
Record75–93 (.446)
Biographical details
Born (1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 (age 42)
Round Rock, Texas
Alma mater BYU (2006)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2005 BYU (volunteer assistant)
2007–2009BYU
(director of basketball ops.)
2009–2013 Utah Valley (assistant)
2013–2017BYU (assistant)
2017–2019BYU (associate HC)
2019–presentUtah Valley
Head coaching record
Overall75–93 (.446)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)

Dan Nielson (born March 13, 1983) [1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Utah Valley University, a role he has held since 2019. [2] He was previously the associate head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), and has spent the entirety of his coaching career with either BYU or Utah Valley. [3]

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Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20 Utah Valley 12–169–63rd
2020–21 Utah Valley 13–710–42nd [a] NCAA Division I Round of 64 [a]
2021–22 Utah Valley 16–1510–84th
2022–23 Utah Valley 6–243–1512th
2023–24 Utah Valley 10–195–1511th
2024–25 Utah Valley 18–129–7T–4th WNIT
Utah Valley:75–93 (.446)46–55 (.455)
Total:75–93 (.446)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

  1. 1 2 California Baptist won the WAC tournament, but was ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to its transition from Division II and instead played in the WNIT. Utah Valley received the WAC's bid by finishing in second place behind California Baptist in the regular season.

References

  1. ↑ Darger, Liz [@lizdarger] (March 13, 2013). "A hearty birthday shoutout to my colleague & friend @dan_nielson . He's one of the best coaches I know... And a decent guy too. #WhyTheFace?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Dan Nielson returns to UVU as head coach of women's basketball". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "BYU basketball: Dan Nielson named BYU assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved June 9, 2021.


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