Daniel Mondragon

Biography

Daniel Mondragon enters his second season as an assistant coach for Mercer after spending his previous five seasons as the head coach of Davis & Elkins College (NCAA D2) in Elkins, West Virginia. In Mondragon’s last two seasons (2022-24) at Davis & Elkins he led the program to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in nearly 70 years. In the 2022-23 season, Mondragon led the senators to a historic campaign as the Senators finished with an overall record of 19-11 which marked the first winning season in 42 years and the most wins since 1959. Mondragon was tabbed the 2023 Mountain East Conference Coach of the Year. Mondragon coached two MEC All-Conference players in the 2022-23 season. Before his stint at Davis & Elkins College, Mondragon spent the previous three seasons as the head coach DME Academy High School National Team. He was the first head coach of the new program and helped grow it into a nationally recognized prep team by competing in national high school circuits like the Grind Session. While at DME Mondragon coached several college players including now G-league player and former McDonald’s All-American, Moussa Diabate. Mondragon began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida from 2013 to 2016, helping to guide his alma mater to a conference championship and a 35-2 record in 2014-15. Mondragon played for the Embry-Riddle Eagles from 2009-13. He became the first player in program history to