Dan Wakely was promoted to the assistant athletics director for business affairs in 2008 after spending the previous two years as a business manager in the W&M Athletics Department. In his current position, Wakely is responsible for monitoring the athletics department's finances, preparing monthly analysis, financial reports and long-term projections, and the annual budgeting process. He manages the day-to-day operations of the business office with the assistance of the business managers. Wakely also serves as an administrative liaison with the baseball, men's soccer, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's golf programs. 

Prior to joining the business office in June 2006, Wakely worked eight years in the Tribe sports information department. During his final five years with the office, he held the title of associate sports information director and worked with the field hockey, men's soccer, men's basketball and men's and women's tennis programs. 

A native of Warren, Maine, Wakely earned a bachelor's of business administration degree in marketing and a minor in kinesiology from William and Mary in 1998. He later earned his master's degree in business administration from the College in 2001.