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

Gooley played baseball at Quinnipiac and served as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac from 1971 to 1976. 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. In the summer of 1977, he skippered the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

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. 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.

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Gooley's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Quinnipiac (Independent) (1977–1987)
1977Quinnipiac8-19-2
1978Quinnipiac16-14
1979Quinnipiac23-8NCAA Regional
1980Quinnipiac9-15-1
1981Quinnipiac18-8
1982Quinnipiac22-7-1
1983Quinnipiac25-10College World Series
1984Quinnipiac25-8NCAA Regional
1985Quinnipiac18-12
1986Quinnipiac20-10-1
1987Quinnipiac19-11
Quinnipiac:205-112-5
Hartford (ECAC North/North Atlantic Conference) (1988–1992)
1988Hartford29-12
1989Hartford17-15-1
1990Hartford15-204-10t-5th
1991Hartford13-225-105th
1992Hartford27-2118-102ndECAC Tournament
Hartford:101-90-1
Quinnipiac (Northeast Conference) (2002–2013)
2002Quinnipiac12-309-187th
2003Quinnipiac17-2414-135th
2004Quinnipiac23-2116-72ndNEC Tournament
2005Quinnipiac26-2417-61stNCAA Regional
2006Quinnipiac22-24-114-82ndNEC Tournament
2007Quinnipiac29-18-121-7t-1stNEC Tournament
2008Quinnipiac16-369-197th
2009Quinnipiac18-3411-17t-6th
2010Quinnipiac14-3913-197th
2011Quinnipiac15-3211-217th
2012Quinnipiac9-388-248th
2013Quinnipiac17-3612-207th
Quinnipiac (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2014)
2014Quinnipiac18-3113-125thMAAC 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