Dan Gooley

Dan Gooley
Biographical details
Alma materQuinnipiac
Playing career
1967–1970Quinnipiac
Position(s)P
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1976Quinnipiac (asst.)
1977–1987Quinnipiac
1988–1992Hartford
2002–2014Quinnipiac
Head coaching record
Overall542-599-8
TournamentsNCAA: 0-2
NEC: 4-7
MAAC: 1-2

Dan Gooley is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of Quinnipiac (1977–1987, 2002–2014) and Hartford (1988–1992).[1] Gooley retired following the 2014 season.[2][3]

Gooley played baseball at Quinnipiac and served as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac from 1971 to 1976.[1] Prior to the start of the 1977 season, Gooley was named Quinnipiac's head coach. Quinnipiac, then a Division II program, reached three NCAA Division II Tournaments and one Division II College World Series under Gooley.[4][5] In the summer of 1977, he skippered the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[6]

Gooley left Quinnipiac following the 1987 season to serve as the head coach at Division I Hartford. In five seasons as Hartford's head coach, he had a record of 101-90-1.[7][8] After spending several years as a business executive and Quinnipiac administrator, Gooley again became the head coach of Quinnipiac (which had since become a Division I member) for the 2002 season. In 2005, Gooley led the Bobcats to their only NCAA tournament appearance.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Dan Gooley". QuinnipiacBobcats.com. Quinnipiac Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Gooley to Retire from Quinnipiac in 2014". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Malafronte, Chip (May 11, 2014). "Quinnipiac Baseball Coach Dan Gooley Built More Than a Legacy". NHRegister.com. New Haven Register. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Anthony, Mike (April 6, 2012). "Quinnipiac Baseball Coach on Verge". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Division II Baseball Champsionhip: All-Time Results" (PDF). NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "Cape League Planning For June 17 Opener". Barnstable Patriot. Barnstable, MA. March 31, 1977. p. 5.
  7. ^ "University of Hartford Baseball: Year-by-Year Records". Hartford Hawks. University of Hartford Athletic Department. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  8. ^ "Baseball: Jeff Bagwell, 'Greatest Player' Quinnipiac's Dan Gooley Ever Coached, Doesn't Make Hall of Fame". NHRegister.com. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.