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Gonzales, Dani
Dani Gonzales
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Dani Gonzales is in her third season on the Lehigh softball coaching staff. Gonzales serves as Lehigh’s pitching coach while playing a prominent role in student-athlete recruitment.
In 2025, Lehigh’s pitching staff improved as the year progressed with the Mountain Hawks pitching to a 3.32 ERA in league play. Junior Chloe Hess led the Mountain Hawks in ERA and innings pitched as was named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team. First-year Madison Finnerty assumed the No. 1 spot through much of the Patriot League season and led Lehigh in victories and strikeouts.
In her first season, Gonzales oversaw a pitching staff that improved as the season progressed. In 29 games following spring break, the Mountain Hawks went 22-7 and pitched to a 1.57 ERA. Senior Katelyn Young won 16 games, including four shutouts, and earned second team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight season.
Prior to coming to Lehigh, Gonzales spent 11 seasons at the University of Pennsylvania. She was promoted to Associate Head Coach in the fall of 2021 and led the Quakers as Interim Head Coach during the 2023 season.
In her time at Penn, Gonzales mentored 48 student-athletes that earned All-Ivy honors, as well as three Ivy League Rookies of the Year and one Player of the Year. The Quakers won an Ivy League title and made an NCAA Regional appearance in Gonzales’ first season on staff in 2013.
A native of Litchfield Park, Arizona, Gonzales has spent the last 18 years of her life in the Philadelphia area. Prior to her time at Penn, Gonzales spent seven years at Saint Joseph’s, four as a student-athlete and then three as an assistant coach. In her three years on the Hawks’ staff, Saint Joseph’s made a pair of Atlantic-10 tournaments and had its first 30-win season in more than a decade.
Gonzales was a mainstay in the pitcher’s circle for Saint Joseph’s from 2005-09. A team captain as a senior, Gonzales was a two-time All-Atlantic-10 performer and was Saint Joseph’s’ team MVP following the 2007 season. A three-time A-10 Athlete of the Week during her time on Hawk Hill, Gonzales was also named to the A-10 All-Tournament Team in 2009.
Gonzales graduated from Saint Joseph’s in 2009 with a degree in sports and entertainment marketing, and added a master’s in business administration with a concentration in management and marketing in 2012.
In 2025, Lehigh’s pitching staff improved as the year progressed with the Mountain Hawks pitching to a 3.32 ERA in league play. Junior Chloe Hess led the Mountain Hawks in ERA and innings pitched as was named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team. First-year Madison Finnerty assumed the No. 1 spot through much of the Patriot League season and led Lehigh in victories and strikeouts.
In her first season, Gonzales oversaw a pitching staff that improved as the season progressed. In 29 games following spring break, the Mountain Hawks went 22-7 and pitched to a 1.57 ERA. Senior Katelyn Young won 16 games, including four shutouts, and earned second team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight season.
Prior to coming to Lehigh, Gonzales spent 11 seasons at the University of Pennsylvania. She was promoted to Associate Head Coach in the fall of 2021 and led the Quakers as Interim Head Coach during the 2023 season.
In her time at Penn, Gonzales mentored 48 student-athletes that earned All-Ivy honors, as well as three Ivy League Rookies of the Year and one Player of the Year. The Quakers won an Ivy League title and made an NCAA Regional appearance in Gonzales’ first season on staff in 2013.
A native of Litchfield Park, Arizona, Gonzales has spent the last 18 years of her life in the Philadelphia area. Prior to her time at Penn, Gonzales spent seven years at Saint Joseph’s, four as a student-athlete and then three as an assistant coach. In her three years on the Hawks’ staff, Saint Joseph’s made a pair of Atlantic-10 tournaments and had its first 30-win season in more than a decade.
Gonzales was a mainstay in the pitcher’s circle for Saint Joseph’s from 2005-09. A team captain as a senior, Gonzales was a two-time All-Atlantic-10 performer and was Saint Joseph’s’ team MVP following the 2007 season. A three-time A-10 Athlete of the Week during her time on Hawk Hill, Gonzales was also named to the A-10 All-Tournament Team in 2009.
Gonzales graduated from Saint Joseph’s in 2009 with a degree in sports and entertainment marketing, and added a master’s in business administration with a concentration in management and marketing in 2012.
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