Daniel started playing volleyball at the age of 10 years old. At his young age, Danny's knowledge for the game was shown. His passion for the game came early in his years. At the age of 14, Danny led his team to the Puerto Rico Club National Championship. He served as the setter and captain afor that team. At the age of 16, Danny played for Arsel Eagles team and went to New Orleans to play in the Junior Nationals for boys in the 16Open division where his team won 1st place. They defeated nationally rank clubs like Sports Performance and Long Beach Volleyball Club. Also during that year, Danny's high school team won the National Championship Tournament for high school and he was selected in the All-American Team. He went to play college at the Universidad Del Sagrado Corazon in Puerto Rico, where his team won the National Championship for college teams in Puerto Rico.
Daniel started to coach volleyball at the age of 14 years old for his club Arsel Eagles. By the age of 18, Danny had won four Puerto Rico national tournaments in the 14U club division. On 3 of those seasons, his team went undefeated. Danny led his 12 Open team to an AAU National Championships. He also won the USAV Junior Nationals for girls with his 14's team in the open division. He also won went on to win every national tournament that his team played in Puerto Rico, including the championship for the 16's age group. Danny also served as the assistant coach for semi-pro team in his home town Toa Baja. The year that he was assistant, the team was the national champion of the Puerto Rican league. After only one year, he took over the team as the head coach and the team made it all the way to the semi-finals. Danny finished his coaching at Puerto Rico when he went to Junior Nationals with his 15's team and got the 3rd place in the 15 Open division.
In 2008 Danny coached at the Orlando Volleyball Academy where in the first year, he took his Molten team to the USAV Junior Nationals finishing in 5th place. In 2010, he coached the OVA 14 Asics and the team went on to finish in the top 10 for the USAV Junior Nationals. In 2011, his 14 Asics team won the Big South Qualifier and the Show Me Qualifier and also finished 3rd place in the Open division. In 2010, Danny was named the Outstanding Junior’s Coach by the Florida Region.He also served as the Varsity Head Coach at Winter Springs High School and led the team to the FHSAA State Finals. Eleutiza is currently the head coach for Foundation Academy in Winter Garden. The team made it to State Finals last year and is currently ranked #1 in the state for the Class 2A for the first time in school history. No other coach at have achieved this at the school.