Experience
2019 – Present: Head Coach, Hofstra University
2018 – 2019: Associate Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh
2014 – 2017: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Florida State University
2012 – 2014: Assistant Coach, University of Kentucky
2010 – 2012: Assistant Coach, Illinois State University
2006 – 2010: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Hofstra University
2002 – 2006: Player, University of Florida
Education
2006: University of Florida, Bachelors, Exercise and Sport Sciences
Personal
Hometown: Marietta, GA
Family: Cleveland (Husband) & London, Madison, Cleveland Jr. (Children)
Career Highlights
In 2020-21, led Hofstra to the program’s best season winning percentage (.400) in five seasons after taking over a program that had not had a winning season during the three seasons prior to her arrival
As Hofstra’s Head Coach, has recruited and coached five CAA All-Conference Team selections
From 2014 to 2018, helped lead Florida State to a 111-26 (.810) overall and 52-12 (.813) ACC record, four 25+ win seasons, and four NCAA Tournament appearances (two Elite 8s & one Sweet 16)
As FSU’s Recruiting Coordinator, signed two recruiting classes that ranked in the top-5 nationally
From 2012 to 2014, assisted Kentucky to a 56-15 (.789) overall and 23-9 (.719) SEC record, two 26+ win seasons, and two NCAA Tournament berths (one Elite 8 & one Sweet 16)
As a student-athlete at Florida, scored 831 career points and helped lead the program to two NCAA Tournament berths
News & Media
10/16/20 – Mic’d Up with Coach Santos Atkinson (Hofstra Women’s Basketball – video)
4/15/19 – Danielle Santos Atkinson’s Hofstra University Press Conference
4/13/19 – Hofstra Welcomes Back Danielle Santos Atkinson as Women’s Basketball Coach
Head Coach Record
Season | School | Overall | Conference | Championships | Post-Season |
2019-20 | Hofstra | 3-27 | 0-18 | ||
2020-21 | Hofstra | 8-12 | 5-7 | ||
2021-22 | Hofstra | 8-20 | 4-14 | ||
2022-23 | Hofstra | ||||
Career | 19-59 (.203) | 9-39 (.188) |