Sam Daniels - Football Coach - University of Richmond Athletics

Sam Daniels

Title:
Defensive Tackles Coach
Email:
sdaniels@richmond.edu
Phone:
287-6846

Sam Daniels is in his second year as an assistant coach for Russ Huesman at Richmond in 2021. Daniels works with the Spider defensive tackles and has playing experience in the Colonial Athletic Association at his alma mater of James Madison.

In the shortened spring season in 2021, Daniels coached Kobie Turner to the CAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year honor. Turner became just the fifth Spider in program history to earn CAA Defensive Player of the Year accolades and the first since 2010 when Eric McBride was Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Turner was the first interior defensive lineman in the CAA to earn the award since 2011 (Ronnie Cameron, ODU).

Daniels joins the Spiders after spending a year at Bridgewater College. Prior to that, he spent three seasons at Sheperd University in West Virginia (2016-18) coaching the defensive line. He mentored Myles Humphrey to All-America honors in 2017 as the school’s all-time sack leader earned Conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades. He helped Humphrey earn All-America honors in his last two years.

Daniels came to Sheperd after two seasons as the defensive line coach at Frostburg State University (2014-15) and two years at the Apprentice School. He was the defensive coordinator, defensive line and recruiting coordinator at the Apprentice school in 2013 while serving as the defensive line and recruiting coordinator in 2012.

Daniels was a two-time All-American and four-year member of the James Madison University football team. In his final two years, Daniels was a two-time team captain, a two-time All-CAA defensive line honoree and a two-time All-American. Over his final two seasons, he finished with 108 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss with 10.5 sacks. As a senior, he was the Dukes’ Defensive MVP and Lineman of the Year.