Dan Gooley

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Dan Gooley
Biographical details
Alma mater Quinnipiac
Playing career
1967–1970 Quinnipiac
Position(s) P
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1976Quinnipiac (asst.)
1977–1987Quinnipiac
1988–1992 Hartford
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]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Gooley's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach. [1] [5] [7] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Quinnipiac (Independent)(1977–1987)
1977Quinnipiac 8-19-2
1978Quinnipiac 16-14
1979Quinnipiac 23-8NCAA Regional
1980Quinnipiac 9-15-1
1981Quinnipiac 18-8
1982Quinnipiac 22-7-1
1983Quinnipiac 25-10College World Series
1984Quinnipiac 25-8NCAA Regional
1985Quinnipiac 18-12
1986Quinnipiac 20-10-1
1987Quinnipiac 19-11
Quinnipiac:205-112-5
Hartford (ECAC North/North Atlantic Conference)(1988–1992)
1988Hartford 29-12
1989Hartford 17-15-1
1990Hartford 15-204-10t-5th
1991Hartford 13-225-105th
1992Hartford 27-2118-102ndECAC Tournament
Hartford:101-90-1
Quinnipiac (Northeast Conference)(2002–2013)
2002 Quinnipiac 12-309-187th
2003 Quinnipiac 17-2414-135th
2004 Quinnipiac 23-2116-72ndNEC Tournament
2005 Quinnipiac 26-2417-61st NCAA Regional
2006 Quinnipiac 22-24-114-82ndNEC Tournament
2007 Quinnipiac 29-18-121-7t-1stNEC Tournament
2008 Quinnipiac 16-369-197th
2009 Quinnipiac 18-3411-17t-6th
2010 Quinnipiac 14-3913-197th
2011 Quinnipiac 15-3211-217th
2012 Quinnipiac 9-388-248th
2013 Quinnipiac 17-3612-207th
Quinnipiac (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2014)
2014 Quinnipiac 18-3113-125th MAAC tournament
Quinnipiac:236-387-2173-210
Total:542-599-8

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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