Danny Ricks has been an educator in the Church Educational System for nearly two decades. He has taught on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Northern Arizona as well as in Boise, Idaho. He currently teaches in the Religion Department at BYU-Idaho, where he has served for the past five years. He is a devoted husband and the proud father of five wonderful children. Danny is also the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas E. Ricks, founder of Rexburg and namesake of Ricks College. He is a devoted husband and the proud father of five wonderful children. Danny is also the great-great-great-grandson of Thomas E. Ricks, founder of Rexburg and namesake of Ricks College.