West Liberty University Athletics

Dan Hopkins serves as West Liberty University’s strength and conditioning coordinator and co-compliance coordinator. 

He spent 18 seasons (2007-2024) as West Liberty’s offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator, while also serving as run game coordinator for the Black and Gold.

Hopkins has seen 24 of his offensive linemen earn post-season recognition during his time on the hilltop. Consensus NCAA DII All-American Ben Staggs won the 2009 Gene Upshaw Award as the NCAA DII Lineman of the Year and played in the East-West Shrine Game. West Liberty’s record-setting 2010 offense featured first-team All-Region selections Larry Wriedt at tackle and Nick Madia at center. Wriedt was a second-team NCAA DII All-America selection that year.

Hopkins came to West Liberty in 2007 after two years as offensive line and strength and conditioning coach at Mansfield (Pa.). He also had stints at Tennessee-Martin and Temple after breaking into the college ranks at Millersville (Pa.) and spent part of 2006 in Innsbruck, Austria helping coach the Swarco Raiders to the European Professional Football League’s Austrian Bowl championship. Hopkins also traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2010 to conduct a high school football clinic.

Hopkins split his collegiate playing career between Glenville State and Bloomsburg (Pa.). He holds a bachelor’s in Psychology and a master’s in Sport Management from Millersville and is a certified strength and fitness trainer.

Dan and his wife, Emily, reside in Triadelphia, W.Va. with their son, Everett.