Daniel Costanza - Baseball Coach - Long Beach State University Athletics

Daniel Costanza

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Daniel.Costanza@csulb.edu

Daniel Costanza joined the Long Beach State baseball program in June 2019 as an assistant coach on Eric Valenzuela’s staff. Costanza remains with Valenzuela after joining his staff at Saint Mary’s, first as the team’s director of baseball operations in 2014, then as volunteer assistant in 2015 before being promoted to assistant coach. His role with the Dirtbags involves working with the infielders, assisting with the offense, and serving as the recruiting coordinator.

Under his leadership, the Dirtbags ranked 36th in the nation with a .977 fielding percentage in 2021 and then finished 37th in the nation in 2022 at a .975 mark. The .977 in 2021 is the best for the program since 2017.

Costanza joined Saint Mary's for the 2013-14 season after spending two years as an assistant coach at Cal State East Bay. While with the Pioneers, Costanza worked both with hitters and infielders, coached first base and helped run the team's strength and conditioning program. In 2013, the Pioneers went a school-best 32-18 and had three infielders earn all-conference honors.

Prior to his stint at Cal State East Bay, Costanza served for two seasons as a hitting and infield coach at York College in Nebraska where he worked with junior varsity hitters and infielders. Costanza has also served as an assistant coach at Clayton Valley High School and helped to run camps at Clayton Valley as well.

Before becoming a coach, Costanza played for two years at York College under 2009-2010 MCAC coach of the year Nick Harlan. He was the starting second baseman on back-to-back MCAC Championship Teams in 2009-10 and 2010-11, and also won a MCAC Tournament Championship in the 2009-2010 season. York College earned a trip to the National Regional Tournament in Lubbock, Texas in the 2009-10 season, and the team was ranked as high as 23rd in the nation. York went on to win a second conference championship the following year and was ranked as high as 17th in the nation, but missed the National Regional Tournament by one spot.

Costanza played a total of 102 games and finished with a career batting average of .312 with 19 doubles, 4 home runs, 50 RBI, and 48 runs. On the defensive side of the ball, Danny fielded .950 his junior year with 7 errors and 18 double plays, and then .973 his senior year with only 5 errors and 26 double plays.

Costanza played his high school ball at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., where he won back-to-back BVAL Championships during his junior and senior years, as well as a North Coast Section Championship his junior year.

Costanza was born in Walnut Creek, Calif. and raised in Pittsburg, Calif. by his parents Dennis and Jane Costanza. He has three siblings: a brother, Nick, who played soccer at Cal Poly Pomona, a brother, Christopher, who played baseball at York College, and a sister, Alicia, who played soccer at Carondelet High School. Danny was a double major at York College and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in General Studies and B.S. degree in Biology.