He served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development at Ole Miss during Houston Nutt's tenure as head coach.
His last coaching position was with the Arkansas Razorbacks where he served alongside his brother Houston Nutt before resigning in July 2007 for health conditions.
His father was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 for his playing deeds as a basketball player in international deaf competitions and as a coach.
In July 2007, Danny resigned from coaching due to a very serious health condition that included a recurring bleeding of his brain stem, and increasingly impaired hearing (Nutt has been partially deaf since birth).
Prior to the 2008 football season, Danny followed his brother Houston to the University of Mississippi as Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development.