Matt Daniel, who quickly built a successful NCAA Division I women’s basketball program at Central Arkansas, was named head coach at Marshall University, Athletic Director Mike Hamrick announced Tuesday.

At UCA, Daniel earned a reputation as a spirited and tireless young coach who displayed an ability to turn around a program. He is 72-50 for his career as a head coach and finished his last three seasons at UCA with a 66-26 record.

Daniel, 35, replaces Royce Chadwick, who resigned last month after 11 seasons at Marshall.

During his four years with the Sugar Bears, Daniel took UCA from Division II to the Division I level and guided a program that had two consecutive 20-loss seasons (2007-08 and 2008-09) to its first Division I conference championship (Southland Conference), two postseason tournaments (’12 WNIT, ’11 WBI) and three straight 21-win season. His teams had the best overall and conference records in the Southland Conference over the last three seasons.

Daniel’s recruiting ability has led to many of Central Arkansas’ recent successes. During the four years at UCA, he produced two Southland Players of the Year, a Southland Defensive Player of the Year and a Southland Freshman of the Year. Daniel also coached eight All-Conference selections, along with three first-team selections and three All-Academic honorees.

He was the 2010 and 2012 Southland Coach of the Year.