Monday, March 12, 2012

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.






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