Dalton

**Dalton** is Whitney's assistant coach, with whom she had an affair.

## History

### Start of the Soccer Season

At some point prior to the start of the soccer season, Dalton began an affair with one of the players, Whitney Chase. After her first practice after moving onto campus, Whitney came to his office and they started making out.

At another practice, Dalton broke up a fight between Whitney and Jena and sent Jena home for the day. Whitney confronted him about this in his office, saying she didn't need him to fight her battles for her and he may have actually made things worse.

Dalton was out with his wife, Michelle, when he ran into Whitney, who was shocked to learn that he had a wife.

Angry with Dalton for not telling her he had a wife, Whitney used soccer practice as an excuse to kick a soccer ball at his head. After practice, she went to his office and confronted him directly. He told her he was going to tell her, but it was complicated because he and Michelle had been having problems for a long time and he said they were barely married anymore. Whitney didn't want to hear it and said they were over. Despite that, she later went to see him at his office.

Their relationship continued. One day, while they were making out in an athletic closet, Michelle called Dalton and he had Whitney hide while he talked to her. After overhearing the conversation, Whitney said they didn't sound like a couple that was barely married, but Dalton assured her he just hadn't found the right time to tell her it was over. He also told Whitney he loved her.

Later, Dalton pulled out his phone to show Whitney the credenza and she saw that she was in his phone as "Steven Kim Accountant," while Michelle was "Honey Bunny." She told him she didn't like the sneaking around and he said he didn't like it either.

Dalton later planned a date for the two of them, where they watched Love & Basketball out in the woods. After the movie, Dalton texted Michelle that they needed to have a serious talk, which he showed to Whitney. However, when he went home, he told Michelle that that text had been meant for Coach Woods, not her.

### Out of Town Game

As they prepared to board a bus to go out of town for a game, Dalton pulled Whitney to the side and told her how excited he was to get out of town with her. She said it must be better than another night on the couch, believing he had told Michelle he was leaving her. He said he would rather think about the hotel sex they were going to have.

On the bus, Dalton tried to talk to the team about not leaving the hotel after curfew, as he knew had happened the previous year, but the team taunted him until he gave up and sat back down.

That night, after going out with the team, Whitney went to Dalton's room and they had sex.

### Ending Things with Whitney

When Whitney's mother, Evette Chase, a senator, asked for a meeting with Coach Woods, Dalton also came to the meeting. Later, he met with Whitney and ended things between them, saying it was inappropriate and they needed to end things. Whitney realized he was ending things because of her mom and he admitted that if her mom ever found out, he would be done for. He also admitted that he never actually told his wife and advised Whitney not to tell anyone either. As he drove away in his truck, Whitney picked up a rock and threw it through his passenger window.

### Being Fired

Shortly after the breakup, news broke that Dalton had had an affair with a player and had done the same thing while employed at Ithaca. This led to Dalton and Coach Woods both being fired.

## Relationships

### Romantic

He is married to Michelle. Despite this, he had had affairs with two students: one at Ithaca College and Whitney Chase at Essex.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Welcome to Essex
2. ↑ Naked Party
3. ↑ Le Tuteur
4. ↑ Kappa
5. ↑ That Comment Tho
6. ↑ The Surprise Party