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Dan Nielson (basketball)

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Dan Nielson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUtah Valley
ConferenceWAC
Record25–23 (.521)
Biographical details
Born (1983-03-13) March 13, 1983 (age 41)
Round Rock, Texas
Alma materBYU (2006)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2005BYU (volunteer assistant)
2007–2009BYU
(director of basketball ops.)
2009–2013Utah Valley (assistant)
2013–2017BYU (assistant)
2017–2019BYU (associate HC)
2019–presentUtah Valley
Head coaching record
Overall47–62 (.431)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)

Dan Nielson (born March 13, 1983)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Utah Valley University, a role he has held since 2019.[2] He was previously the associate head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), and has spent the entirety of his coaching career with either BYU or Utah Valley.[3]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20 Utah Valley 12–16 9–6 3rd
2020–21 Utah Valley 13–7 10–4 2nd[a] NCAA Division I Round of 64[a]
2021–22 Utah Valley 16–15 10–8 4th
2022–23 Utah Valley 6–24 3–15 12th
2023–24 Utah Valley 10–19 5–15 11th
Utah Valley: 57–81 (.413) 37–48 (.435)
Total: 57–81 (.413)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

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  1. ^ a b California Baptist won the WAC tournament, but was ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to its transition from Division II and instead played in the WNIT. Utah Valley received the WAC's bid by finishing in second place behind California Baptist in the regular season.

References

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  1. ^ Liz Darger [@lizdarger] (March 13, 2013). "A hearty birthday shoutout to my colleague & friend @dan_nielson . He's one of the best coaches I know... And a decent guy too. #WhyTheFace?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Dan Nielson returns to UVU as head coach of women's basketball". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "BYU basketball: Dan Nielson named BYU assistant women's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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