After having hip surgery, he spent his recovery time coaching football defensive lineman at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
[citation needed] In 1992, the Kansas City Chiefs asked McDaniels to join the team's practice roster, and from 1993 to 1998, he was a part of the heralded defense that countered NFL offenses throughout the 1990s.
[2] In February 2009, McDaniels was a key factor in the creation of an exhibit at the William T. Kemper Foundation Art Gallery commemorating African Americans who had fought in the First World War.
[3] His publications included: "The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy" (2013); So, You Want to be Pro (2000), My Own Harlem (1998); "We're American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance" in Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box (2004); reviews in Hampton University's International Review of African American Art related to the work of artists Kadir Nelson and Hale Woodruff.
[4] He was an adherent of the Baháʼí Faith, utilizing its teachings and principles to perform acts of service, promote education and value for culture, and engage in community-outreach endeavors.