Daniel Wooten joined the Longwood athletics cross country program as assistant coach in September, 2017 and was elevated to head coach in May, 2018.
A Level 1 certified USATF coach, Wooten began his coaching career in high school where, in addition to running for the Prince Edward track team, he served as a volunteer coach for the Prince Edward Middle School team. After graduating from the Farmville-based high school, he returned to Prince Edward to become head coach of the boys’ and girls’ middle school track teams, holding that post from 2011-14. During that time he led the girls’ squad to a second-place finish at the conference meet and his boys’ team to a third-place showing.
Wooten earned his Bachelor of Science in criminology and criminal justice from Longwood in 2013 and went on to earn a Master of Science in sports management from Liberty University in 2015.
Prior to joining the Division I coaching ranks, Wooten was the operations manager at Longwood’s Health and Fitness Center beginning in 2014. He also held a stadium operations post with the Lynchburg Hillcats, Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, where he assisted with numerous aspects of the Class-A organization’s gameday, marketing, ticketing and field maintenance operations.
