
Emory University alumnus Daniel J. Mannix has served as the vice president and chief operating officer at a leading probate solutions company since 1986. In addition, Daniel J. Mannix is an accomplished lacrosse coach who has coached several prominent players, including Kyle Harrison.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Harrison enrolled at Johns Hopkins University in 2002 and started 14 games at midfield that year for the school’s lacrosse team. He was the team’s top face-off performer as a freshman and also scored nine goals. A finalist for the Tewaaraton Award as the best player in college lacrosse in each of the two following years, he won the McLaughlin Award as the nation’s best midfielder in his junior season. He won a national championship with the team as a senior in 2005.
After graduating, Harrison pursued opportunities in professional lacrosse and played a combined 14 seasons in Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the LXM Pro Tour, the latter of which he co-founded. He won an MLL championship with the Ohio Machine in 2017 and is now the CEO of the Charm City Youth Lacrosse League. As one of the few African-American players on the majority of the teams on which he played throughout his career, he is now an advocate for diversity in the sport.