Eric Daniels

Biography

Eric Daniels begins his first season with the University of Utah men’s basketball team in 2025-26 after joining Alex Jensen’s in April of 2025. Daniels returns to a familiar place on the Hill having spent his childhood inside the Jon M. Huntsman while his father, longtime college coach Donny Daniels, served on Rick Majerus’ staff (1989-2000). He spent the 2024-25 season up in Logan under Jerrod Calhoun and helped Utah State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third-straight season this past year before finishing with a 24-6 overall record. The Aggies had the best start in program history this past season, kicking off the year 10-0. Prior to joining Utah State, Daniels spent five seasons at Weber State (2019-24) on Randy Rahe and Eric Duft’s staff. The Wildcats enjoyed success while Daniels was on staff, finishing in the top-3 for three-consecutive season (2021-23) while also owning the a top-2 defense in the Big Sky during that three-year stretch as well. From a developmental standpoint, he helped Dillon Jones become just the second player in school history to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft (No. 26-overall) – joining Damian Lillard. Jones was voted the 2024 Big Sky MVP by the league’s head coaches and was also a unanimous First-Team All-Big Sky selection after averaging 20.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists as a senior. In addition, Daniels also helped guide transfers Kobe McEwen (2021-22) and Isiah Brown (2020-21) to back-to-back Big Sky Newcomer of t