 Henderson in 2019. | |||||||||||||||
| Current position | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | UMass | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Atlantic 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 29, 1977 Huntington, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | UMass | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Arizona Heat | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | New England Riptide | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | UMass (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Ohio State (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Stanford (asst.) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | UMass (assoc. HC) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | UMass Lowell | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | UMass | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Overall | 118–163 (.420) | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||||
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Danielle Henderson (born January 29, 1977) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, retired professional All-Star softball pitcher who is currently the head coach at UMass. Henderson was a starting pitcher for the UMass Minutewomen softball from 1996 to 1999. Henderson also played professionally in National Pro Fastpitch from 2004 to 2007, where she currently ranks top-10 in career strikeout ratio (6.8). Along with numerous school records, she is the Atlantic 10 Conference career leader in ERA, shutouts, perfect games (3) and WHIP. Henderson represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal.