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.

FYI about camp progress Overseas>>>





Marshall's Shannon helps U.S. military in Europe
By Jacob Messer
Daily Mail sports writer
HUNTINGTON -- Thanks to its newest assistant coach, Marshall University football has some new fans in Europe.
Thundering Herd offensive coordinator John Shannon recently returned from Germany, where he directed a football camp for American athletes who live on European military bases.
It was the third time in four years he had traveled overseas to share his knowledge.
Shannon started his European football camps in 2005 at the request of one of his former players, ex-Toledo center David Odenthal, a native of Germany who played for NFL Europe's Rhein Fire last season.
"He and I were good friends," said Shannon, the former Toledo offensive coordinator who left the Rockets to take the same position with the Thundering Herd in February.
"When he went back to Germany, he asked if I would bring some coaches over and give a clinic. I decided to give it a try. So, we put on a camp for a couple of days.

One of the participants was Dan Miles, who is the football operations manager for Team USA Football in Bavaria, Germany.
Miles asked Shannon if he would return and have a camp for the American athletes who live on German military bases. Shannon did so last year.
That is when he met Ray Bolton of the Kaiserslautern Red Cross, who organized this year's Kaiserslautern Youth Tackle Football Camp. Like Miles, Bolton asked Shannon to return for the same purpose.
"First of all, I would like to thank Marshall for allowing me to go," Shannon said. "This is something I had planned before I got here. (Coach) Mark (Snyder) was very supportive. He said it was good for the program and good for the university.
"It's very personal to me to be able to give something back to the military. These men and women don't get enough 'thank yous.' They are out there fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and Iran. These kids are over there because their moms or dads or aunts or uncles are high-ranking officers. They are living over there and going to school over there.
"I go over and help the kids. I teach them techniques and fundamentals."
Shannon arrived in Germany on June 18 and spent most of the day securing credentials to get on and off the bases that belong to the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The three he visited were at Kaiserslautern, Miesau and Ramstein.
He participated in an American Forces Network radio broadcast on June 19 to promote the camp, sponsored by the Kaiserslautern Booster Club.
After his radio appearance, Shannon visited the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. He called it "the highlight of the trip."
"The biggest part of my visit is visiting the military hospital and being around the wounded soldiers and telling them thank you," Shannon said. "It's as important as anything else we do."
Shannon talked to soldiers and listened to their real-life war stories, including one who lost both of his legs and one of his arms in an explosion.
"Some of the guys we met had only been there one day," said Shannon, who spent several hours at the hospital. "Two medevacs flew in from Afghanistan. One of the guys was operating the gunnery on a Hummer. He saw a mine and told the driver to watch out. The driver didn't stop soon enough, and the mine blew up the Hummer. He was there to get his knee operated on.
"To hear these stories about the things that you see on the news ... these kids are right there in the middle of it ... It was very touching to me."
Richwood native Alva Gwinn was set to be released from Landstuhl the same day Shannon visited the military hospital. So, Army officials asked Shannon to present Gwinn with a prayer angel quilt that officers receive when they are released.
"That was real special to me," Shannon said. "He's fighting for us. He's fighting for you and me and everybody else in the state and across the nation."
At the June 20-21 camp, Shannon said there were players from Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands.
"There are about 1,500 to 2,000 American kids who play all across Europe at American schools," Shannon said. "The kids are hungry for coaching and exposure. The coaching isn't like it is in the United States because the coaches are retired military men."
Joining Shannon at the two-day camp were his son, Justin Shannon, the outside linebackers coach at Tennessee Tech; Andy Waddle, the defensive coordinator at Wittenberg (Ohio); Edgar Weiser, the offensive coordinator at Cumberlands (Ky.); and Rick Courtright, an assistant defensive backs coach for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
The players appreciated the opportunity.
"I'm going to take everything I learn here and use it to make me a better football player," Ramstein High School rising junior defensive back Michael Wallace told Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the United States Armed Forces.
"The coaching is lot more in depth (compared to other European football camps)," Air Forces Northern International High School rising senior lineman Bo Butcher told Stars and Stripes.
"There's a lot more one-on-one instruction because there are a lot less people here."
Shannon, who visited Luxembourg and France with his wife before they returned to Huntington last week, said he expects to have future camps in Germany and perhaps other parts of Europe.

Coach John Shannon at present has left Coaching at Marshall and now coaching High School Football in Mississippi. Update 10 Mar 2012.

American high school athletes abroad a have much difficult time trying to noticed by college coaches then American athletes at home because of a lot of logistical reasons that are at no fault of the athletes no matter how good the athlete are. High School coaches in the DODDS system i have found out from my own experience and way below the power curve when it comes to coaching and most of them are not willing to change for their own athletes. It was funny how i asked a DODDS High school coach what he thought a prospect was, and he could not give a honest answer.What i noticed was a lot of American Coaches who had their own agenda and no agenda for their own athletes because the majority of them had no real clue how to get some of their athletes recruited by College coaches. Sad for me to make this statement but it was the truth and i saw this even at the highest levels in dealing with the Athletic Directors. In the pictures above you will see Malcolm lane who played for the Univ of Hawaii and through some of the things i did with TUSAAFSS we were able to get Malcolm Lane a full scholarship at Univ of Hawaii. We also helped a few other athletes but honestly i did this because i knew that these athletes deserved a chance and yes they have shown very well that they were good as some of the best athletes in the Nation.

Added to this list Isaia Falealii has been

It has been really interesting to see athletes go to the next level when they never had a chance. The only thing that really gets me at times is when you help athletes and they are not greatful for your efforts to try to give them a chance. Point in fact Marco Kristen, who played on a German youth team was not even thought about on the college scene until i contacted some coaches in the United States. I filmed him did a lot of corresponding with people in the USA, who never had any idea of who this kid was all of a sudden were willing to take a chance on him. Ironically the German coaches told me he could never play college football and said that he would never make it. Well the athlete is now on the Univ of Delaware team and is 2nd in the depth chart at Univ of Delaware. What gets me the most about helping this athlete is his notion that he does not even contact me in regard to giving him this chance. To make matters worse others have come to the forefront to act like they were the one who helped him get to where he is now. I have worked with other European athletes and have come to the conclusion that i will never do this again because it seems that the athlete of today have no true morality. I remember the coaches who helped me out as i was trying to get into college and good or bad i would never think that it would be any different if someone asked me hey coach who was one of the people who helped you get to the position you are now. This athlete sticks out the most because i did not have to do anything for this guy and if i would have made a few calls he would be lavashing in the great hole of the German Football league.

AFCA membership has been a godsend for coaching overseas. Attending my first conference was an experience i will never forget and i
plan on attending as many as i can to help try to help student athletes and coaches around the world of American Football.
Joining the TUSAAF Inc Stars & Stirpes Organization has been a great experience in all facets beside just coaching athletes. Even though the organization has not















participated in a game yet the growing process has touched a lot of people lives, who truely believe in the goal and reason for the organization.













Getting a nod from football greats like Jack Pardee and Bum Phillips was a highlight that will always be at the top of the list.













Meeting people such as Coach Willingham and Barry Alverz was all in part of the goal of trying to raise awareness about what Team USA American Football Stars & Stripes is all about. One thing that is noted by all of the people in football is that they are aware that TUSAAF Stars & Stripes is doing the things we do not for personal gain. TUSAAF Stars & Stripes mission and goals are clear and to the point and that is to help with the growth of American football around the world and to help amateur athletes get noticed by coaches in the NCAA who normally would not get to chance to see some of our great athletes abroad both American and international.

Coaching in the German first league was a very unique experience. It really showed me how much politics are involved in German American Football. Either way it was a learning experience, i did meet some good people while in Stuttgart.








Coaching in Europe as a minority can be a lot harder then coaching in the United States because






of the different stereotypes that are put on minorities as a whole in European Countries. People will not say it to your face but they are always talking behind your back win or lose.















I found it very interesting the thinking of some in the international football scene still think that coaching this great sport of American football still has a color barrier.











Working with specific people involved with the NFLE has given a good perspective of how things are done on the NFL side of the house internationally. People do not realize the big difference in the way the NFLE is run compared to the NFL.