Daniel has been the successful coach of RBLZ since 2020. Transitioning from a player at the VBL Grand Final, he early on shifted focus to coaching. Starting as eSports department head at KSV Baunatal then later becoming eSports project manager at KSV Hessen Kassel. Afterwards, Daniel became a vital coach at RBLZ Gaming.
In his first three years with RBLZ, Daniel has already celebrated major successes, including Umut's individual world championship in 2022, the Club World Championship in 2023, both titles in the VBL Club Championship in 2022 and 2023, and winning the DFB e-Cup in 2023. In the 2023/24 season, Daniel became the sole coach of the German eNational team.
• I often organised internal tournaments with my friends and always won. (laughs) At some point I started travelling to national competitions and I was able to qualify for the VBL Grand Final. Later I focused on coaching.
• I had the greatest feelings of happiness at the first World Cup in 2022, when Umut won on penalties, and at our first German club championship in the same year.
• This varies – depending on which tournaments are coming up. On average it is probably a normal working day of eight hours. These hours then include training sessions with the team as well as analyses of your own games and the competition.
• Jogging, in the gym and playing tennis. I also like playing football.
• I'm a bad loser, so I always want to win everything. By that I don't just mean titles, but also every single game.
• As a coach I was able to win almost every trophy. But what I'm still missing is the eChampions League. The title is still to come!