James Daniels, Connor Hazlet Join Lehigh Football Staff
7/17/2023 10:16:00 AM | Football
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh head coach Kevin Cahill has announced two additions to the Mountain Hawks' staff for the 2023 season. James Daniels joins the coaching staff and will work with Lehigh's cornerbacks, while Connor Hazlet will serve as the Mountain Hawks' Director of Operations.
Daniels comes to Lehigh after three seasons at East Stroudsburg University, where he served as defensive backs coach and pass defense coordinator. In his first season at ESU, Daniels helped oversee the second-best defensive turnaround in all of Division II. Over the past two seasons, Daniels mentored All-PSAC safety Tyler Watson and also coached All-PSAC cornerback Andre' Gray during his time at ESU. Members of Daniels' secondary combined for 23 interceptions over three seasons.
Over the past three years, Daniels has participated in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, joining the Pittsburgh Steelers for training camp in 2022 along with the Denver Broncos in 2021 and 2020.
Prior to joining the East Stroudsburg staff, Daniels coached the nickels and linebackers at the University of Dayton. He spent the 2018 season as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs at the University at Buffalo. Daniels was the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Marietta College in 2017.
Daniels also has college coaching experience working with the running backs at Notre Dame College (Ohio), Ohio Northern University and Becker College. He began his coaching career as the defensive quality control coach, working with safeties at Towson.
As a student-athlete, Daniels played running back at Division III powerhouse Mount Union, winning a national championship as a first-year in 2008 and adding national runner-up finishes over the next three seasons.
A native of Cranberry Twp., Pa., Daniels earned his Bachelor's degree in Sport Business with a minor in Business from Mount Union in 2011. He earned his Master's in Curriculum and Instruction in August 2014.
In his role as Director of Football Operations, Hazlet will be responsible for handling all external tasks surrounding the football program. Hazlet will handle practice, game day and travel operations and will be a resource to the coaching staff to assist with any necessary tasks.
Hazlet is a 2023 graduate of Temple University where he earned his bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management. He was a facility monitor for campus recreation during his time at Temple.
This past spring, Hazlet completed an internal operations internship in Penn's athletic department.
A Hunlock Creek, Pa., native, Hazlet was the Assistant General Manager at the Yale University Golf Course in the summer of 2022 and spent two summers at Rolling Pines Golf Course in Berwick.
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Daniels comes to Lehigh after three seasons at East Stroudsburg University, where he served as defensive backs coach and pass defense coordinator. In his first season at ESU, Daniels helped oversee the second-best defensive turnaround in all of Division II. Over the past two seasons, Daniels mentored All-PSAC safety Tyler Watson and also coached All-PSAC cornerback Andre' Gray during his time at ESU. Members of Daniels' secondary combined for 23 interceptions over three seasons.
Over the past three years, Daniels has participated in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, joining the Pittsburgh Steelers for training camp in 2022 along with the Denver Broncos in 2021 and 2020.
Prior to joining the East Stroudsburg staff, Daniels coached the nickels and linebackers at the University of Dayton. He spent the 2018 season as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs at the University at Buffalo. Daniels was the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Marietta College in 2017.
Daniels also has college coaching experience working with the running backs at Notre Dame College (Ohio), Ohio Northern University and Becker College. He began his coaching career as the defensive quality control coach, working with safeties at Towson.
As a student-athlete, Daniels played running back at Division III powerhouse Mount Union, winning a national championship as a first-year in 2008 and adding national runner-up finishes over the next three seasons.
A native of Cranberry Twp., Pa., Daniels earned his Bachelor's degree in Sport Business with a minor in Business from Mount Union in 2011. He earned his Master's in Curriculum and Instruction in August 2014.
In his role as Director of Football Operations, Hazlet will be responsible for handling all external tasks surrounding the football program. Hazlet will handle practice, game day and travel operations and will be a resource to the coaching staff to assist with any necessary tasks.
Hazlet is a 2023 graduate of Temple University where he earned his bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management. He was a facility monitor for campus recreation during his time at Temple.
This past spring, Hazlet completed an internal operations internship in Penn's athletic department.
A Hunlock Creek, Pa., native, Hazlet was the Assistant General Manager at the Yale University Golf Course in the summer of 2022 and spent two summers at Rolling Pines Golf Course in Berwick.
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