| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Dallas Baptist |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 652–326–1 |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–1999 | Northern Iowa |
| 2000–2001 | Olivet Nazarene |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2003 | Northern Iowa (asst.) |
| 2004 | Creighton (asst.) |
| 2005–2007 | Dallas Baptist (asst.) |
| 2008–present | Dallas Baptist |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 652–326–1 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 24–28 MVC: 18–7 WAC: 2–2 C-USA 7–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| C-USA tournament: (2024) C-USA Regular season: (2023) 4 MVC tournament: (2014, 2016, 2017, 2021) MVC Regular season: (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| 2 ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year: (2008, 2011) 2 Independent Coach of the Year: (2008, 2009) 2 MVC Coach of the Year: (2016, 2021) 2× C-USA Coach of the Year: (2023, 2024) | |
Dan Heefner is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Dallas Baptist since the start of the 2008 season. Under Heefner, the Patriots have reached ten NCAA tournaments, including a Super Regional in 2011. An Olivet Nazarene graduate, Heefner played two years of baseball for the Tigers after transferring from Northern Iowa.[1]