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Head Coach Danny Hale

Danny Hale begins his eighth season as head coach of the Bloomsburg University football team having turned the program into one of the winningest and most respected in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. In the ranking of winningest coaches by percentage, Hale is eighth in NCAA Division II among active coaches with a mark of .711. Hale also has the most wins ever of any coach in Bloomsburg history with 52.

In 1997,Hale guided the Huskies to an 8-2 record and their fourth-straight PSAC Eastern Division title. Hale also coached Irv Sigler, the winner of the 1997 Harlon Hill Award as the nation's best Division II football player. As a result, he was named the 1997 PSAC East "Coach of the Year" for the fourth consecutive season.

In 1996, Hale led the Huskies to a record of 10-2 and a berth in the NCAA playoffs for the first time since the 1985 season.

In his first season at Bloomsburg, Hale coached the Huskies to a 5-6 record, improving the team from a 1-9 finish the previous fall.

Hale took the Huskies up one more level in 1994, leading the team to an 8-3 record, including a 5-1 mark in the PSAC. With the league record, Bloomsburg earned a share of the PSAC East Division title with West Chester.

In 1995, he led Bloomsburg to a 9-1-1 record, only the third time in school history the Huskies had nine or more wins in a season. The team won a share of the PSAC East Division title for the second straight season with a 5-0-1 league record. Following both the 1994 and 1995 seasons he was honored as the District I "Coach of the Year" by the American Football Coaches Association.

In his seven-year tenure at Bloomsburg, Hale's teams have posted winning seasons in all but two years. In 1993, the team rebounded from a 1-5 start to win four of the final five games. The Huskies did one better in 1994, winning each of the last five games en route to capturing a share of the PSAC East. In 1995, Bloomsburg won the last five games, and did not lose after suffering an opening-day loss at New Haven. In 1996, after a week two loss, the Huskies reeled off nine straight wins to close out the regular season and entered the NCAA Championships with the longest winning streak in Division II. In 1997, the Huskies dropped two games by a total of 10 points to finish at 8-2.In 1999 the Huskies finished 7-4 and were ranked among the leaders in the NCAA in several offensive categories.

Formerly the head coach at West Chester University, Hale had a 40-13 record in five seasons.

His top campaigns resulted in consecutive 9-2 records in 1987 and 1988, with a NCAA Division II playoff berth in 1988. His teams posted 7-3 marks in his first two seasons and an 8-3 record in 1986.

West Chester appeared throughout the team and individual national statistics and possessed the nation's top scoring offense and rushing defense in 1987.

The Golden Rams were in the national rankings throughout his time and achieved the highest ranking by a PSAC school to that point - number two in both 1987 and 1988.

Prior to West Chester, Hale was the offensive line coach at Colgate. He went to Colgate from Bucknell, where he was the offensive line coach from 1975-80 and was defensive coordinator/linebacker coach at Vermont in 1974.

Hale is a graduate of West Chester, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in Health and Physical Education in 1968 and 1973.

He was an all-conference pick at West Chester and earned the team's most valuable player award. A member of the West Chester Football Hall of Fame, Hale also lettered three seasons for the school's track and field unit.

Hale played one season for the Pottstown Firebirds, the semi professional farm club of the Philadelphia Eagles, before entering the Marine Corps where he played middle linebacker for the Quantico Marines.

Following a three-year stint, he was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in 1972.

Year	School		Record	Postseason

1984	West Chester	7-3
1985	West Chester	7-3
1986	West Chester	8-3	PSAC East Champions
1987	West Chester	9-2	PSAC East Champions
1988	West Chester	9-2	NCAA Division II Playoffs
1993	Bloomsburg	5-6
1994	Bloomsburg	8-3	PSAC East Co-Champions
1995	Bloomsburg	9-1-1	PSAC East Co-Champions
1996	Bloomsburg	10-2	NCAA Division II Playoffs, PSAC East Champs
1997	Bloomsburg	8-2	PSAC East Champions
1998	Bloomsburg	5-6
1999	Bloomsburg	7-4
Total			92-37-1	(.711)

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