| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Simpson (CA) |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Record | 0–15 |
| 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 | 0–15 |
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]
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]
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 0–14.
While coaching at SAGU, Daniel graduated with a Master of Arts in theological studies in 2011. [1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson (NAIA independent)(2024) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Simpson | 0–9 | |||||||
| Simpson (Frontier Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Simpson | 0–6 | 0–2 | (West) | |||||
| Simpson: | 0–15 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–15 | ||||||||