Coach Swift is in his third year as the head men’s basketball coach and hopes to improve upon last year’s season. He brings a style of play that stresses ball control and individual strengths for success. Upon completing his BS degree at Mayville State University in 2001, Dan served as the women's basketball assistant for one season, moving on to graduate school at Bemidji State University where he was the baseball assistant. From 2003-05 Coach Swift was the boy's head basketball coach in Selfridge, North Dakota. In the 2006-07 campaign, he was the men's baseball assistant and women's basketball assistant at Bismarck State College. When Dan is not on the basketball court, he also works with the admissions at Riverland Community College and teaches physical education and health courses on campus.