Thursday, December 06, 2012

2012 NAIA D2 Senior Bowl Staff member Coach Daniel Miles


















Coach Dan Miles Joins staff with the 2012 NAIA D2 Senior Bowl to be played in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is a pleasure to take the honor of coaching in a game with Athletes as they play one of their last games as a college athlete and get the chance to play in front of Professional Scouts from various leagues from all over the world.













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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Coach Miles makes the Trip to Coach and Scout in the European American Challenge in Warsaw, Poland 2012



Coach Miles was recently involved with the first annual Euro American Challenge which took place 1 September 2012 in Warsaw, Poland in front of 30,000 fans at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland.

















American Football in Poland has seen a very good boom since they first started playing American Football over 5 years ago and have surpassed other European Countries in success in Promoting the sport of American Football.





















Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former Polish President Lech Walesa was present at the opening festivities and flipped the coin at the beginning of the game.

















Lech Walesa was also given a Team USA American Football Helmet as Solidarity from the United States for being the honored guest at the game. Coach Dan Miles presented the Former President with one of the Helmets which he proudly displayed to the media.



























Team USA Displayed the words AMERYKA on their uniforms in Solidarity with Respecting the Polish day of Solidarity which is celebrated on 1 September each year.






































Team USA Won the game with a scoring
outburst in the second half 34-7.










Here Coach Miles Celebrate with CFDL Founder George Saint Lawrence who partnered with TUSAAFSS to combine players for this historic game in Poland.

































Coach Miles takes on Volunteer Role as Assistant Coach with Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida


Coach Miles started in August of 2012 as an Assistant Coach with EWC and eventually took over Kicking coach responsibilities for Edward Waters College and has in a short period of time helped EWC have one of the best Kicking teams in the NAIA.


Coach Miles works with Punters and Long snappers to try to get the Edward Waters Special teams group one of the best in the NAIA.

Coach Miles here works with Edward Waters College Place Kicker Jerry Martin during practice in Jacksonville, Florida.

Coach Miles works with the Place kicker to make sure his form is correct on Field Goals. 

Coach Miles admits that it has been a great experience coaching Kickers because it is a challenge working with kickers to get into a kickers mind which many know is not an easy thing to master. Main advantage Coach Miles has over many other coaches is he once Punted and kicked in his playing days the 80's as a Punter and has had success coaching kickers in High School.
So far this year the EWC Kicking teams have been some of the top kickers in the NAIA.

Edward Waters College in the 2012 Season have had one of the Hardest Schedules in the NAIA taking on Schools from Div2 and Div1 to include Valdosta State Univ.

Warming up in Georgia, for the Rumble in the Swamp against Morehouse University. 


Edward Waters took on the Savannah State Tigers who are in the MEAC.


EWC played a hard fought game against Savannah State.













Monday, March 12, 2012

TUSAAFSS Roster Players make roster in the Arena Football league. Coach Dan Miles with TUSAAFSS Roster Players James Panui and Brad McWilliams.
Coach Miles coached James Panui left side, when James was at Hohenfels High School in Germany. Hohenfels HS is a Department of Defense School located in the Bavarian region in Germany.

Bio Notes

Coach Daniel Miles Bio Notes.


















Born in Jamaica, NY 1963 Son of Raymond R Miles Asst Art Professor Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mother Barbara Miles Administrator at Hampshire College Art Gallery. Also one of the Founders of the UWW Program at Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Both Parents are Deceased.
Played HS Football at Flushing HS, NY and Lake Taylor HS Norfolk, VA Lettered in Baseball and Football received ALL District Honors in Baseball 1980.
Attended St Johns Univ, NY for baseball and then returned to Norfolk, VA to continue in Football after Tryouts with the NY Mets Rookie league tryouts. Also worked in the front office with the NY Mets in the early 80's under Jimmy Plummer and Dave Rosenfield Tidewater Tides Tripe A baseball team. Attended Norfolk State University and played on the team before red shirting to Univ of Massachusetts. Owned and operated the Dimensions in Time Art gallery in  Northampton, Ma
Returned Briefly to New York where he first started coaching at Flushing High School, Attended NY Jets tryout in Hempstead NY. Played Semi Pro Football for the Jamaica Scorpions before moving back to Norfolk, VA .












 Enlisted in the Virginia National Guard and next the US Army Airborne Corp at Fort Bragg NC as an Engineer. Deployed to various locations to include Panama, Iraq, Honduras, Belize, Kosovo, Germany to name a few. Coached Football at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk Va while still active Duty.
Coached  at Hohenfels, Germany while still on Active duty helping the school to 2 Championship seasons. While on active duty coached American Football at the First Division level in the German Football League to include the Franken Knights and Stuttgart Scorpions. Participated in the coaching development guest program while still on active Duty with the Frankfurt Galaxy. While in Europe worked with the German National team Coach Martin Hanselmann, and observed the practice of the German National team which was coached by national Team Coaches from the NFLE and GFL. Formed the TUSAAF organization when retired from the US Army in 2003. Received Unsung hero honors for work that was done with American Football while located in Germany. Received awards from the Association of the United States Army for work that was conducted in American Football. Worked for the Department of the Army in Europe as a Civilian and held a post as the VFW Senior Vice President when in Germany. Also worked for the department of Defense with the Wounded Warrior program. Established Team USA American Football in 2005 while in Germany.














Conducted Camps and Coached Youth Football with Americans on various US Bases in Germany. Helped create the European American Dependents Youth American Football league in Germany. Combat Veteran while deployed in different locations around the world. retired from the US Army in 2003. 2011 Returned to the USA to continue work as a coach and CEO of Team USA American Football Stars and Stripes Inc. Has attended AFCA Conventions and USA Football,  Conventions in the past. TUSAAF received various sponsor awards from the Association of the United Army for 2 years in a row while doing work for American Football in Germany. has conducted Celebrity Golf Tournaments different events that have to do with raising awareness about American Football. Coach Miles is currently working for TUSAAFSS as a coach and CEO in Jacksonville, Florida promoting American Football and gathering athletes for the TUSAAFSS Organization.


















Coach Dan Miles also had the special endorsement from Legendary Coaches Jack Pardee and Bum Phillips. Coach Miles welcomed the former NFL Coaches to soldiers in Germany and has done numerous events to promote American Football to Soldiers and fans in Europe and abroad. Coach Miles also conducted  Celebrity Golf Tournaments which included active participation from US soldiers and Celebrities such as Haddaway who was know for his hit What is Love. Also conducted a BMW Hole in One competition and a Hole in one Million Dollar Give away in Germany.




























Coach Miles also set up 2 visits with the TUSAAFSS Mascot the Gorilla Rilla who visited with troops coming back from deployments from Afghanistan and Iraq.