Derrick Daniels Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 3rd Year Alma Mater: Texas Wesleyan, 2004

Derrick Daniels is in his fourth season as an assistant coach on Scott Cross' staff after spending one season with the UT Arlington women's basketball program. He is responsible for recruiting, scouting and his on-court duties of working with the team's guards.

Daniels came to UT Arlington after serving as an athletic director for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth and the coach of the Fort Worth M.A.S.H. AAU boys basketball team.

One of the most heralded high school players in the country, Daniels was rated the No. 2 point guard in 1988 behind only NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson. He still holds the national high school record by handing out 1,379 assists.

He was named the 1988 Gatorade Circle of Champions Texas basketball Player of the Year and a third team All-American by Street and Smith's in leading Dunbar High School to a 34-2 record and the Class 5A State Final. DHS advanced past the semis as Daniels hit the game-winning three-pointer to defeat Dallas South Oak Cliff. He averaged 18 points and 11 assists as a senior after averaging 12 points and 13 assists as a junior.

Daniels signed with the University of Houston and started all 124 games, and at the time, joining Clyde Drexler and Craig Upchurch as the only players to start every game as a freshman.

Daniels set a UH freshman assist record in earning honorable mention All-America honors from the Basketball Times and was named to the Associated Press Southwest Conference all-newcomer team.

As a junior, Daniels poured in a career-high 33 points and dished out a season-best 10 assists in an 80-73 victory over Rice. He dished out a career-best 16 assists against the Owls, which ranks second on the single-game assist list at UH. He also returned to his last second heroics that season as he nailed a three-pointer from the top of the key to defeat St. Louis, 85-84, and hit another three-pointer from just left of the key to defeat Texas A&M, 71-68.

Daniels finished his career with 1,087 points and 711 assists in leading the team to two NCAA tournaments and one NIT appearance. He led the Southwest Conference in assists as a junior after ranking in the top three in each of his first two seasons. His 711 career assists rank him fourth on the SWC all-time playmakers list.

Daniels' legacy is still alive at UH as he ranks third on the all-time list in assists, third in three-pointers made (168), third in minutes played (4,065) and tied for seventh with 124 games played. Daniels played for the Milwaukee Bucks rookie free agent summer league team before signing on with the Rochester Renegades of the CBA in 1993.

A native of Fort Worth, Daniels graduated from Texas Wesleyan in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports studies.

Daniels and his wife, Robbie, were married in August of 2009. He has two sons, Princeton (21) and Darrius (11) and a daughter, Darion (15).