Daniels joined Blott at Wesleyan in 1934 as a physical education instructor and as an assistant football coach responsible for the ends and backs.

[1][2] Daniels remained at Wesleyan for 39 years, holding positions as the head coach of the football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, and squash teams.

[6] After the 1948 season, Associated Press sports writer Lou Black wrote: "Want to know who really is the coach of the year?

In Florida, an opposing school refused to play Wesleyan unless Moore was removed from the lineup; Daniels pulled his team from the field.

[10] Daniels remained active in his later years, serving on the Middletown City Council in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

[9] On April 5, 2007, Daniels celebrated his 100th birthday with a party in the lobby of Wesleyan's Freeman Athletic Center.