Coach Daniels

## Description

Coach "The Coach" Daniels is a cautious individual new to friendships, found family, and relationships. He is quick to help others, but incredibly guarded when it comes to his own troubles unless he is speaking with April Vonkeaton.

Coach spends the majority of his time with April when she's in town, but otherwise spends his time either handling business matters or with his friends. When he needs time alone, he will either go hunting near the oil fields or spend time at the observatory looking over the city and taking in the peace and quiet.

Coach can be identified quickly via his ponytail and his semi-formal or formal attire, though he does sometimes sport somewhat casual clothing. His primary colours are white and light blue, though he is open to wearing other colours as well.

## Friends

* Brooke Fair (Best Friend)
* Marcus Soft (Best Friend)
* Elle Smith
* April Vonkeaton (Ex-Fiancée, currently dating)
* Mary Lamb
* Stuart Jacobs
* Reggie
* Keith Wellington
* Hunter Bail
* Louie Ritoni
* Yuri Hakumishi
* Dirk Rockhard
* Wheeler Walker
* Dodie Lycan (AKA Jessey Lurkey)
* Zeke Lavey
* Natasha Volkov
* Rowan Bayle
* Ashlyn Middleton
* Mike Jones
* Ami Gah
* Gale Truesdale
* Norm L Guy
* Kenzie Williams
* Bell Wrangler
* Johnny Walker
* Crazy Tony
* Zach Lanzing
* William Roy
* Coco
* Cecil Jones
* Dylan Jacobs (Deceased)
* Officer Valentine (Deceased)
* June Tide
* Party Monkey
* V
* Westly Rhodes
* Haven Suvarii
* Hideki Kamiyama

## Relationships

* April Vonkeaton (Together 7/01/2021; Engaged 7/11/2021; Broken up 8/21/2021; Together Again 9/04/21)
* Brooke Fair (Arranged Marriage; Broken off)

## Vehicles

* BMX Bike
* MESA Trail
* Hakuchou
* Gargoyle
* Esskey
* Coquette
* Bobcat XL
* Stretch Limo (Company Vehicle)

## List of Major Events

* June 25th 2021 Arrives at Los Santos, meets Marcus and Brooke. Is near to 4 consecutive shootings in 3 locations, spurring the decision to work security
* June 26th 2021 Meets April and joins The Scene as a security guard
* June 27th 2021 Gets Promoted to Head of Security at The Scene
* July 1st 2021 Begins dating April Vonkeaton
* July 10th 2021 Is promoted to co-owner of The Scene and, together with April, begins re-structuring process to prepare for expansion into audio and visual media
* July 11th 2021 Proposes to April after Star and Norah's private wedding. April says yes, but they agree to keep this a secret
* July 18th 2021 After Dirk is shot at a party, Coach and April call out Benny on Twitter and have a hit placed on them by Grove Street. They go into hiding for the night
* July 21st 2021 Coach and April both separately speak to Benny and clear the air, getting their hit removed
* July 24th 2021 April and Coach go public with their engagement, eventually culminating in coordinating with V for an engagement party at the Art Gallery
* July 25th 2021 April and Coach have their engagement party and hire V as their wedding planner. Afterwards, Coach hosts the first Sundays Finest Tournament, his own personally organized fighting tournament
* July 30th 2021 Coach officially is brought onto the Board of Directors for SAFE
* August 1st 2021 Coach begins working at Pillbox Medical Center
* August 14th 2021 Coach leaves his work at Pillbox due to a conflict of morals
* August 15th 2021 Officer Valentine is killed by Smiles and Kitty; This is the final straw that causes Coach to begin spiraling
* August 21st 2021 April breaks up with Coach after his learning of his part in the Chad Spitter Family Fight the night before. Later on, April injures herself badly falling off the roof of the Dragon's Rest and Coach visits her in the ICU, which finishes his spiral and causes him to realize what his priorities are. In the night Coach attends Police Academy, and then goes to the funeral of Officer Valentine. After the funeral, April and Coach begin actually speaking to each other properly instead of holding back.
* August 22nd 2021 April and Coach finally begin discussing all of the things that have been bothering them and forgive each other, agreeing that they still need time but don't want to lose each other either. In the evening, Smiles abducts Hallelujah Goodwin, and with the help of Goldie, Stu, Mary, Elaine, and Adder, April and Coach help the PD decipher some of Smiles' clues.
* August 23-25th 2021 Coach escorts April to the house in Mirror Park so she can pack, and then escorts her to the airport before himself leaving back to Canada to formalize his new position as the head of the 'Family Business.' He spends the majority of his time strictly enforcing his new humanitarian policies in an attempt to change the Mafia into a legitimate business
* August 25-31st 2021 Coach flies to New York to spend the week alongside April upon hearing she has still been having nightmares from the Smiles situation. They spend their time seeing plays, museums, and art galleries. In his off time Coach continues enforcing the new policies back home.
* September 1st 2021 Coach returns to Pillbox and is promoted to position of Doctor. The same day, Smiles is captured and placed in police custody.
* September 3rd 2021 Coach and Haven single-handedly run Pillbox for the first few hours of a very busy day, including Coach being unable to respond to the call of, and having to perform the autopsy for, Raven Hawthorne. Later in the day, a press conference is held where Smiles' capture is broadcast to the citizens of Los Santos via The Scene.
* September 4th 2021 Coach and April spend the day talking and sorting out their feelings, ultimately deciding to begin dating again but with clear boundaries in place for it to work.
* September 5th 2021 Kitty goes on a spree and is eventually gunned down in Sandy Shores during a conflict with the police. Coach and April celebrate with the rest of the city at a party.
* September 8th 2021 Coach and April sell their previous homes in Grapeseed and Mirror Park, instead purchasing a home in Chumash from V.
* September 10th 2021 Coach finds out that Tea, AKA Theodora Cruz, is also Party Monkey, The Cure, and Smiley. Him and Elle bring Tea to sign up for therapy before Coach informs Cecil Jones of this information, as well as her home address.
* September 11th, 2021 The day started with Raven Hawthorne's memorial service, with Coach later on learning how to perform professional Forensic Analysis. Even later in the day he holds the first Saturday Fight Night, including a surprise appearance by (and, subsequently, fight between) Walker Runner and David Kun, although Barry came out the ultimate victor in a close fight with Mike Jones.

## Background

Coach grew up as the sole heir to a sizable mafia family, learning business management as well as how to run and perform every individual piece of the criminal empire. He tried to escape from a life of hurting innocent people by getting into professional sports, specifically boxing and MMA. As he began making a name for himself in the ring, his parents found out and had him injured such that he would never be able to be a professional athlete again. While recovering in the hospital, he bribed a doctor to get him a new identity and legally change his name, and then escaped from the hospital in January of 2020.

## Job History

### Current Jobs:

* Co-owner of The Scene
* Doctor at Pillbox
* Board of Directors for SAFE network
* Trainer at Slim Gym (On-call)
* Security and Salesman at PDM (At-will)
* Mafia Don (Background; Out Of City)

### Previous Jobs:

* Security with Red Wolf
* Freelance Security Guard
* Head of Security at Brahama Mama's
* EMT at Pillbox
* Probationary Officer with the LSPD

## Trivia & Quotes

* Coach has a pure iron baseball bat named "Betsy"
* "Stay safe" - Almost never simply says "Goodbye"
* Has experimented with multiple hair styles, but is always told to go back to the ponytail
* Has killed 64 people, 62 of which were from before he came into town