25  Dan Roszel
	Position: Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach Alma Mater: North Florida, 2000

Dan Roszel enters his second year as the pitching coach at East Carolina, a position he accepted on July 8, 2010.

During his initial year with the Pirates, Roszel mentored one of the top pitching staffs in the country that sported the seventh-lowest earned run average (2.67) in the nation, while also ranking in the Top-20 in combined shutouts (8.0/t8th), shutouts (9.0/t10th) and hits allowed per nine innings (17th/7.93).

Behind a trio of All-Conference USA performers in Seth Maness (first-team), Kevin Brandt (second-team) and Brad Mincey (second-team), the Pirates ranked in the Top-2 in 11 statistical categories and led the league (all games) in ERA, fewest runs allowed (222), opposing batting average (.239), strikeouts looking (152), fewest earned runs allowed (167) and fewest home runs allowed (15) earning Roszel C-USA Assistant Coach-of-the-Year honors by College Baseball Daily.

Individually, four of his pitchers ranked among the league leaders in ERA with Mincey (1.57/9th nationally), Maness (1.71/17th nationally) and Brandt (2.26/54th nationally) occupying the top three spots, while starter Mike Wright finished sixth with a 2.79 ERA. Maness also ranked 17th nationally in complete games (5) and 24th in wins (10). Along with Wright (3rd/Orioles), Maness (11th/Cardinals) and Mincey (28th/Marlins), fellow hurlers Shawn Armstrong (18th/Indians) Seth Simmons (40th/Diamondbacks) were selected in the 2011 Major League First-Year Player Draft.

During his 11-year coaching career at the collegiate level, Roszel has seen 21 of his pitchers sign professional contacts, including former major leaguer, current Durham Bull and 2006 International League Most Valuable Pitcher, Heath Phillips. Heath Hembree, a fifth round selection out of College of Charleston in 2010, is listed as the No. 3 prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization and Maness was named organizational Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2011 by St. Louis Cardinals.

Prior to coming to ECU, Roszel spent two seasons at the College of Charleston, where he served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He produced some of his best work in 2010, helping the Cougars receive an at-large bid and No. 2 seed at the NCAA Tournament. The College of Charleston advanced to the Myrtle Beach Regional Championship Game before falling to No. 4 national seed Coastal Carolina 11-10. The Cougars ended the season ranked 27th in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll.

Roszel helped three CofC hurlers, Hembree, Kevin Decker (39th round) and Casey Lucchese (39th round), get selected in the 2010 MLB draft. In 2010, Decker was a SoCon Sports Media Association All-Conference and SoCon All-Conference Second-Teams member while rookie Christian Powell was named to the league's all-freshman team.

In his first season with the Cougars, the pitching staff led the team to a 35-22 overall record as it recorded 367 strikeouts in 496.2 innings. At the end of the campaign, Jesse Simpson, a 40th round selection by the St. Louis Cardinals, was a media and coaches second-team SoCon selection as a senior. Roszel also guided David Peterson to Coaches All-Freshman Team honors.

Roszel joined the Cougars after spending two seasons as an assistant at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he helped the Eagles to a 78-32 record and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Regional as well as an Atlantic Sun Conference championship. In 2007, his pitching staff ranked 21st nationally in team ERA with a 3.50 mark. The staff also stood second in Division II in strikeouts per game (9.16), fourth in strikeouts (486) and held opponent hitters to a .254 batting average, all records at FGCU.

During 2008, his staff helped the Eagles to another record-breaking season, becoming the only team in NCAA history to win a conference championship in its first year of Division I competition upon arrival from Division II. That year the Gulf Coast staff compiled a 3.17 earned run average, surrendering just 170 runs in 482.1 innings pitched. Richard Bleier led the way, as he was the unanimous selection for the Atlantic Sun Pitcher-of-the-Year award, going 7-1 overall with a 2.09 ERA and 76 strikeouts. Reliever J.J. Crumbley joined Bleier on the conference first team while starter Pete Woodworth was a second-team honoree. Richie Erath and Chris Sale were also all-freshman selections for Roszel. Sale, who was selected in the 2010 MLB Draft as the 13th overall pick, made his Major League debut for the Chicago White Sox (Aug. 6). Also making his Major League debut in 2010 was Casey Coleman of the Chicago Cubs (Aug. 2) against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Prior to his time at FGCU, Roszel spent four years at Gardner-Webb University. While at Gardner-Webb, Roszel worked as the pitching coach and the recruiting coordinator. In four years at GWU, Roszel had two of his players get drafted on the first day of the MLB draft.

He has coached four of the top-six pitchers on Gardner-Webb's career wins list. In 2003, his pitching staff threw a school-record 20 complete games. Before becoming Gardner-Webb's pitching coach, Roszel spent two years at Lake City Community College as an assistant coach.

Roszel, a 2000 graduate of the University of North Florida, and his wife Melissa have two daughters, Madyson (8) and Makenna (4). Roszel received his degree in criminal justice with a minor in political science.