Dan Angelo has lived in Sandusky for most of his life and spent 22 years as a sports reporter for the Sandusky Register, including 10 years as the sports editor. He left the Register in 2008 to join the publications staff of the National Association of College Stores, where he served as a writer and editor of the organization's trade magazine, The College Store, and its weekly newsletter, Campus Marketplace, writing about issues that effect the college store industry. He retired from NACS in 2018 and has worked as a freelance writer for The College Store magazine and The Helm, as well as for the Sandusky Register, and the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram.