Bio

Daniel Wood is heading into his third season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the baseball staff at Tennessee Wesleyan in 2023-24.

Prior to TWU, Wood joined was a member of the baseball coaching staff at Longwood University. Wood joined the Longwood coaching staff in 2014 and was quickly promoted to recruiting coordinator in 2017. During his tenure as recruiting coordinator for the NCAA Division I program, the Lancers signed 10 players in the top 50 in their position in their state and six players in the top 500 in their class nationally during the early signing period.

A 2010 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College, Wood began his playing career at the Virginia Military Institute. From 2005-08, the southpaw toed the rubber for the Keydets before finishing his career at Tennessee Wesleyan. Wood helped the Bulldogs capture back-to-back Appalachian Athletic Conference titles and make consecutive appearances in the NAIA Baseball Championships. Wood also spent a pair of seasons with the Petersburg Generals of the Coastal Plains League, a collegiate summer league.

Wood returned to the Generals in 2010 as an assistant coach and the pitching coach. He parlayed that experience into a position with the Richmond Baseball Academy, spending two years teaching various skills ranging from fundamentals to advanced techniques. Wood also handled hitting, pitching, and fielding camps for the Academy and coached the 11-under and 12-under Richmond Baseball Academy West travel teams.

Wood broke into the high school coaching ranks in the spring of 2012, serving as the pitching coach and first base coach at The Collegiate School in Richmond. Following, his time at The Collegiate School, Wood joined the Roanoke College staff, where he served as the pitching and outfield coach for two years. At Roanoke, he also filled the role of recruiting coordinator, establishing ties with high school programs across Virginia.

A native of Glen Allen, Va., Wood received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 2010 from Tennessee Wesleyan University