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Dan Nielson
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Utah Valley
Conference	WAC
Record	25–23 (.521)
Biographical details
Born	March 13, 1983 (age 41); Round Rock, Texas
Alma mater	BYU (2006)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2005	BYU (volunteer assistant)
2007–2009	BYU ; (director of basketball ops.)
2009–2013	Utah Valley (assistant)
2013–2017	BYU (assistant)
2017–2019	BYU (associate HC)
2019–present	Utah Valley
Head coaching record
Overall	47–62 (.431)
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA)

Dan Nielson (born March 13, 1983)^[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Utah Valley University, a role he has held since 2019.^[2] He was previously the associate head coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), and has spent the entirety of his coaching career with either BYU or Utah Valley.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20	Utah Valley	12–16	9–6	3rd
2020–21	Utah Valley	13–7	10–4	2nd^[a]	NCAA Division I Round of 64^[a]
2021–22	Utah Valley	16–15	10–8	4th
2022–23	Utah Valley	6–24	3–15	12th
2023–24	Utah Valley	10–19	5–15	11th
Utah Valley:		57–81 (.413)	37–48 (.435)
Total:		57–81 (.413)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Notes

^ ^a ^b California Baptist won the WAC tournament, but was ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to its transition from Division II and instead played in the WNIT. Utah Valley received the WAC's bid by finishing in second place behind California Baptist in the regular season.