Daniel Hansen is in his first year as an Assistant Communications Coordinator at Utah State. Hansen serves as the media contact for USU’s women’s basketball and volleyball programs, along with serving as the secondary contact for football. He also has direct supervision with the cross country/track & field, and both its men’s and women’s tennis programs. Hansen also assists with the athletic department’s various social media platforms and is involved in the statistical crews of numerous sports.
Hansen returned to Utah State after spending the 2023-24 academic year at Rice, where he served as the Assistant Director of Communications. There, he was the primary communications contact for a nationally-ranked volleyball program, helping the team to grow its social media following to be the largest among volleyball programs in the AAC. Hansen also acted as the primary contact for swimming, working in tandem with university officials to announce Rice’s addition of a women’s diving team for the first time since 1991, and for both men’s and women’s tennis. Hansen also worked as part of the statistical crew for the Texas Bowl in 2023.
Prior to his time at Rice, Hansen spent two years as a graduate assistant at Utah State as he worked predominantly with the cross country/track & field and men’s and women’s tennis programs in addition to assisting in other areas of the media relations department.
Hansen first joined the Aggies’ communications office after spending a season as a lead stadium operations intern with the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer Baseball League during the summer of 2021, where his tasks included graphic design, videoboard operations, and upkeep of the team’s website.
During his collegiate career at Utah State, Hansen first entered the realm of sports media as a reporter for various organizations in the Logan area, including the Utah Statesman, Aggie Radio, and Cache Valley Media.
A native of Cache Valley, Hansen earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations from Utah State University in 2019 and earned his master’s in sports management from USU in 2022.
