User:Dr. Daniel E. Kuntz

Dr. Daniel E. Kuntz, born in 1959, is a sports management professional. He has served as the Athletic Director at California Lutheran University since 2004 to present. Duties while at Cal Lutheran included coaching soccer for both the men's and women's varsity soccer teams, the Kingsmen and Regals. As the University's varsity soccer coach for the women's program from 1993-2005 and for the men's program from 1993 through 2017. In 2017, he was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (SCIAC) coach of the year. Previously Kuntz was named coach of the year for the Regals soccer team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, three times. Teams coached by Kuntz earned numerous SCIAC titles and NCAA appearances. Many athletes from his years coaching went on to graduate and earn first team conference honors, regional honors and All American honors. Kuntz also served as Coordinator of Athletic Marketing at Cal Lutheran for several years. He coached in the Mesa Soccer Club and Apex Soccer Clubs for many years and served on the boards for these organizations. Kuntz and his brother George also founded and conducted soccer camps for many years throughout the Southwest and Hawaii. Kuntz earned United States Soccer Federation A,B,C National coaching licenses and a National Youth Soccer Coaching license from the United States Soccer Federation. He also coached in the Olympic Development Programs in Arizona and California and taught in coaches education in both the Arizona Youth Soccer Association and California Youth Soccer Associations. Kuntz was an inaugural member of the Latin American Coaches Association.

Previously, Kuntz served as the first General Manager of NPR affiliate KCLU Radio, 88.3 beginning in 1993 and continuing for two years. He wrote KCLU's initial business plan including its initial format and operational plans and was the General Manager when the station signed on the air in 1994. He also served for one year as KCLU's Director of Technical Operations. Kuntz has served on many higher education boards and committees during his tenure of service at Cal Lutheran University.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Kuntz moved with his family, son Danny and wife Nora, to California, in 1993. While in Arizona Kuntz taught at the East Valley Institute of Technology as a Radio Broadcast instructor and coached soccer at Westwood High School as their head coach. He earned degrees from Mesa Community College with an an emphasis in General Studies and Arizona State University with an emphasis in Broadcast Station Management. Kuntz went on to study at Cal Lutheran University where he earned his Master's Degree in Education Technology with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction and furthered his education earning a Doctorate with an emphasis in Higher Education Leadership from Cal Lutheran.