Niles comes to Des Moines after spending the past three seasons as an assistant under Chris Crutchfield at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He also has coaching experience serving as a graduate assistant for the Oregon men's basketball team. While with the Ducks, Niles helped with the day-to-day operations, travel arrangements, and film.
Niles joins the Bulldogs after his time with the Mavericks where most recently he helped Omaha reach new heights as the team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Mavericks went 22-13 during the 2024-25 season with a 13-3 mark in conference play en route to sweeping the Summit League regular season and tournament titles.
Before beginning his coaching venture, Niles played basketball at Oral Roberts from 2009-13. With the Golden Eagles, he was a four-year starter and appeared in the most games in program history. Niles finished his career eighth on the program's all-time scoring list and third on the three-point field goals made list. As a freshman, he earned All-America honors and set the freshman single-game scoring record with 39 points.
In addition to his All-America nod, Niles earned NABC First Team All-District, First Team All-Southland, Honorable Mention All-Summit, Summit League All-Newcomer, and several Player of the Week accolades over his career.
After wrapping up his ORU career, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native played professionally overseas for five years. He logged minutes with Poiters and Boulonge in France, Massagno in Switzerland, OKC Blue G-League in Culiacan, Yokohama in Japan, and Imola in Italy.
