Danny "Dan" Mara is a retired College basketball (section Women's) coach who is in his ninth year as Commissioner of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and former Chair of the NCAA Division II Membership Committee. He spent 16 years directing a highly successful basketball camp at Mitchell College where he is considered a special alumni. As head coach at Mitchell, he coached ten Kodak All-Americans including future Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Rita Williams.