Daniel Metzelfeld - Women's Basketball Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Daniel Metzelfeld

Title:
Assistant Coach

A familiar face returned Carmichael Arena in August of 2023 as Daniel Metzelfeld joined the UNC women’s basketball staff as Director of Scouting and Video Operations and Assistant Coach. He was later promoted to assistant coach prior to the start of the 2023-24 season.

Metzelfeld was also part of coach Courtney Banghart’s first staff at UNC, serving as Director of Player Personnel, Development and Recruiting Operations for the 2019-20 season.

In between his stops in Chapel Hill, Metzelfeld spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the women’s basketball team at Davidson. During his time with the Wildcats, the team achieved its highest number of wins since joining the Atlantic 10 (18 wins in 2021-22) and made the program’s fifth overall appearance in the post season, playing three games in the Women’s Basketball Invitational. Metzelfeld coached mainly the Wildcat forwards and wings while also focusing on recruiting. He assisted in developing several players who received A-10 All-Rookie Team and All-Conference awards.

He also spent the 2018-19 season at Davidson as Director of Player Development.

Metzelfeld founded Train University Basketball and worked as a trainer and coach for All In Athletics in Highland Park, Ill., where he worked with junior, high, high school, college and professional clients.

He got his start in college coaching as an assistant women's basketball coach at his alma mater, Trinity International University, from 2013-17. While at Trinity he helped start and coach All In Athletics, the largest grassroots basketball program in the country from 2014-18.

After beginning his playing career at Indiana University East, Metzelfeld spent his final three years as a standout guard for Trinity International in Deerfield, Ill. As a senior, Metzelfeld was named team captain while leading his team in scoring at 14.6 points per game. His play earned him Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention as well as NCCAA All-Region team and the team's Most Outstanding Player Award. As an undergraduate, he coached AAU girls’ basketball with Full Package Athletics.

A native of Indianapolis, Metzelfeld graduated from Trinity International in 2013 with a degree in athletic training. He went on to earn a master's degree in administrative studies with a concentration in sports management from Missouri State in 2016.