Baseball
- Title:
- Director of Baseball Operations
- Email:
- wjdaniels@liberty.edu
Former Flames pitcher Billy Daniels is in his fourth year as the Director of Baseball Operations. Daniels oversees several administrative phases of the Liberty baseball program, including team travel, budget, academics, alumni relations and day-to-day operations of the office.
He also oversees all equipment management, camps and is primary contact on the staff with the umpire crews for each game.
Daniels has led the program’s social media efforts since beginning Liberty baseball’s Facebook and Twitter accounts in 2010. He also headed the efforts for the second Alumni Weekend, which was held in during the fall of that year.
In 2008, Daniels organized the highly successful first Alumni Weekend in late October. The two-day event featured a golf outing, banquet and alumni game. He also assisted in organizing several camps throughout the year for various age groups and streamlined office operations.
Daniels served as an assistant coach at Longwood during the 2007-08 academic year. The Lancers’ pitching coach during the 2008 season, he oversaw a Longwood staff which posted a 4.83 ERA with 291 strikeouts over 429 innings. Under Daniels, Longwood hurlers finished the year ranked 75th in the nation in ERA and 14th in the nation in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2.92). The Lancers recorded a 23-26-1 record in 2008.
Daniels previously served as a volunteer assistant coach at VCU during the fall of 2006 and throughout the 2007 campaign with the Rams. At VCU, he coached in all aspects of the game, including assistance with the pitching staff and coaching first base. He also aided with team travel and organization of the program’s camps. VCU finished 37-23 and advanced to a NCAA Regional during 2007.
In the summer of 2007, Daniels served as pitching coach for the Fauquier Gators of the Valley League. He has also assisted with camps run by the Front Royal Cardinals (2004), Petersburg Generals (2002-03) and the American Legion Post 284 (1999-2002). Additionally, he completed an internship with the Single A Lynchburg Hillcats, as an administrative assistant and in game day operations (2006).
Daniels graduated from Liberty in 2006, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in sport management. Daniels was a member of the Liberty baseball roster from 2001 through 2006.
Daniels has pitched for Petersburg in the Coastal Plain League (2002-03), Front Royal in the Valley League (2004) and for the Fairfax Nationals in the Clark Griffith League (2005).
A native of Colonial Heights, Va., Daniels is married to the former Kristin Matthews. The couple resides in Lynchburg with their daughter, Meredith (2).
