Dan Earl (born October 12, 1974)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Chattanooga Mocs
Current conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
VMI record: 73-139 (.344)
Chattanooga record: 18-17 (.514)
Overall record: 91-156 (.368)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2022)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 0
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Chattanooga |
| 2015-2022 | VMI |
| 2011-2015 | Navy (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2011 | Penn State (asst) |
Dan Earl Facts
- Daniel Earl
- Born October 12, 1974
- Hometown: Medford, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Pennsylvania State University (BS, 1997 & MBA, 2007)
- Earl played at Penn State under head coached Bruce Parkhill and Jerry Dunn
- Named to the All-Big Ten Second Team as a junior in 1996
- Played professionally in Germany, Poland and Portugal, as well as stateside in the CBA and NBA D-League
- Started his coaching career in 2006 as an assistant at alma mater Penn State under head coach Ed DeChellis
- Followed DeChellis to Navy in 2011, serving as associate head coach for four seasons there
- Hired in 2015 as the head coach of the VMI Keydets of the SoCon
- The Keydets went 12-11 (7-7) in 2020-21 and Earl was named SoCon COY both by the coaches and the media
- Reached the CBI in 2022; went 73-139 over seven seasons at VMI
- Left VMI in March 2022 to take over as the head coach at SoCon foe Chattanooga
- Went 18-17 in his first season, reaching the SoCon Tournament final
- Along with his wife, Sheila, has two daughter; his brother, Brian Earl, is currently the head coach at Cornell
Dan Earl Coaching Tree
- Kevin Carroll (Trevecca Nazarene)
- Steve Enright (Bridgewater)
