Dan McNeely joined the Cedarville University men’s basketball coaching staff beginning with the 2024-25 academic year.
The Beavercreek, Ohio native came to the Yellow Jackets with 15 years of collegiate coaching experience including the last seven as head coach at Division III Maine Maritime Academy.
McNeely guided MMA to the 2024 North Atlantic Conference quarterfinals - the Mariners first such appearance in 13 years. He ended his tenure with back-to-back ten-win seasons which was the first time in 16 years the school registered successive double digit wins.
McNeely was the 2018-19 NAC Coach of the Year after leading Maine Maritime to 11 victories overall and a 7-7 mark in league play. He coached one conference Player of the Year and one Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
All seven of McNeely’s MMA teams earned the Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches with 16 student-athletes recognized on the NABC Honors Court and 22 named NAC Academic All-Conference.
He was an assistant coach at Division III Piedmont University in Georgia for two seasons (2015-17), spent three years as an assistant (2012-15) at DIII Manchester University in Indiana, and was a graduate assistant at Division I The Citadel in South Carolina for two seasons (2010-12).
As a player, McNeely was prepped at Xenia Christian High School and then played one season at Wittenberg University. He was a member of the Tigers’ 2006 NCAA Division III national runner-up squad.
McNeely is a 2010 graduate of Wittenberg with a degree in business management. He earned a master’s in exercise and sport science from The Citadel in 2012.
Dan and his wife, Elisabeth, who was a NAIA All-America distance runner for the Lady Jackets from 2005-09, reside in Cedarville with their two sons.
