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Goetz, Daniel
Daniel Goetz
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Daniel.goetz@duke.edu
Daniel Goetz was promoted to assistant coach of the Duke cross country and track & field teams in July of 2020 after joining the Blue Devils staff as a volunteer assistant in August of 2017.
Since joining the Blue Devils staff, Goetz has worked closely with the women’s cross country team. Over the past three seasons, the team went from finishing 10th at the NCAA Southeast Regional to third in 2018, with four individuals earning All-Southeast honors along the way. The stretch culminated with a 27th place finish by the women at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championship. Over his tenure in Durham, Goetz worked with Michaela Reinhart, who was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and picked up All-ACC status in her freshman, sophomore and senior campaigns with a fourth place finish in the ACC Championship in 2020. In the offseason, he has served as assistant director of the Duke Cross Country Camp.
During the indoor and outdoor track seasons, Goetz has assisted with all women’s distance events. He has been directly involved with numerous individual achievements and accolades by Blue Devil runners, including Monica Herber qualifying for the final round of the 10,000m at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Three Duke distance runners have earned All-ACC status over the past three seasons, with the most recent being Reinhart claiming a silver medal in the 3,000m at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championship.
Prior to his arrival at Duke, Goetz served as the coach and race director for Team Run Eugene, a training organization for aspiring professional middle and long distance runners based out of Eugene, Ore. He has spent time in various roles on the coaching staffs at the University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State, Lipscomb University and professional track team Oiselle Little Wing.
Goetz graduated from Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Health Science. While at Dayton, he began his coaching career in 2010 as an assistant for the Lions’ Cross Country team, helping the men’s squad post a seventh-place finish at the NAIA National Championships, the best in school history.
An all-state performer in cross country and track in his only season of participation as a senior at Chattanooga Christian School, Goetz was the first recruit by the Bryan program in 2005. He qualified four times for the NAIA Cross Country Championships and earned All-America acclaim in the mile in 2008 for a fourth-place finish on the oval.
He also was rewarded for his work in the classroom, picking up NAIA Academic All-America accolades in 2009 and 2010.
Since joining the Blue Devils staff, Goetz has worked closely with the women’s cross country team. Over the past three seasons, the team went from finishing 10th at the NCAA Southeast Regional to third in 2018, with four individuals earning All-Southeast honors along the way. The stretch culminated with a 27th place finish by the women at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championship. Over his tenure in Durham, Goetz worked with Michaela Reinhart, who was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year in 2017 and picked up All-ACC status in her freshman, sophomore and senior campaigns with a fourth place finish in the ACC Championship in 2020. In the offseason, he has served as assistant director of the Duke Cross Country Camp.
During the indoor and outdoor track seasons, Goetz has assisted with all women’s distance events. He has been directly involved with numerous individual achievements and accolades by Blue Devil runners, including Monica Herber qualifying for the final round of the 10,000m at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Three Duke distance runners have earned All-ACC status over the past three seasons, with the most recent being Reinhart claiming a silver medal in the 3,000m at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championship.
Prior to his arrival at Duke, Goetz served as the coach and race director for Team Run Eugene, a training organization for aspiring professional middle and long distance runners based out of Eugene, Ore. He has spent time in various roles on the coaching staffs at the University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State, Lipscomb University and professional track team Oiselle Little Wing.
Goetz graduated from Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Health Science. While at Dayton, he began his coaching career in 2010 as an assistant for the Lions’ Cross Country team, helping the men’s squad post a seventh-place finish at the NAIA National Championships, the best in school history.
An all-state performer in cross country and track in his only season of participation as a senior at Chattanooga Christian School, Goetz was the first recruit by the Bryan program in 2005. He qualified four times for the NAIA Cross Country Championships and earned All-America acclaim in the mile in 2008 for a fourth-place finish on the oval.
He also was rewarded for his work in the classroom, picking up NAIA Academic All-America accolades in 2009 and 2010.
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