Dan Hartleb

Dan Hartleb (born February 15, 1966) is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current the head baseball coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini. Hartleb played two seasons of junior college baseball at John A. Logan College before finishing his playing career with two seasons at Southern Illinois. His coaching career began immediately after his playing career ended, as he served as a graduate assistant under Itch Jones at Southern Illinois from 1989–1990. When Jones was offered the head coaching position at Illinois following the 1990 season, Hartleb went with him and served as an Illinois assistant from 1991–2005.^[1][2] Under Hartleb, the Fighting Illini have appeared in four NCAA tournaments.^[1]

Dan Hartleb

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Illinois
Conference	Big Ten
Record	573–425–1 (.574)
Biographical details
Born	(1966-02-15) February 15, 1966 (age 59) Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1986	John A. Logan College
1987–1988	Southern Illinois
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990	Southern Illinois (assistant)
1991–2005	Illinois (assistant)
2006–present	Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	573–425–1 (.574)
Tournaments	7–10 (NCAA Division I) 11–20 (Big Ten)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Big Ten regular season (2011, 2015, 2024) Big Ten tournament (2011)
Awards
2× Big Ten Coach of the Year (2015, 2024)

Hartleb became the head coach at Illinois when Jones retired at the end of the 2005 season. The Illini qualified for four Big Ten Tournaments in Hartleb's first five seasons, finishing with an above-.500 record in each. They failed to make an NCAA tournament or win more than one game in a Big Ten Tournament, however, and media outlets raised the possibility that Hartleb's contract would not be renewed following the 2010. It was, however, and Illinois won the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles the following year, qualifying for the NCAA tournament. There, the team went 2–2 and reached a regional final. After missing the Big Ten Tournament in 2012, Illinois reached another NCAA tournament in 2013. Following the season, Hartleb signed a new, multi-year contract.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Hartleb's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.^[11][12][13]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2006–present)
2006	Illinois	29–29	15–17	T-5th	Big Ten tournament
2007	Illinois	31–27	16–14	5th	Big Ten tournament
2008	Illinois	31–25	16–15	4th	Big Ten tournament
2009	Illinois	34–20	16–8	4th	Big Ten tournament
2010	Illinois	26–26	10–14	9th
2011	Illinois	30–27	15–9	T-1st	NCAA Regional
2012	Illinois	28–25	11–13	T-6th
2013	Illinois	35–20	14–10	T-5th	NCAA Regional
2014	Illinois	32–21	17–7	3rd	Big Ten tournament
2015	Illinois	50–10–1	21–1	1st	NCAA Super Regional
2016	Illinois	28–23	12–12	9th
2017	Illinois	23–28	9–15	10th
2018	Illinois	33–20	15–9	4th	Big Ten tournament
2019	Illinois	36–21	15–9	T-3rd	NCAA Regional
2020	Illinois	8–5	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Illinois	22–22	22–22	7th
2022	Illinois	31–22	17–7	T-2nd	Big Ten tournament
2023	Illinois	25–27	12–12	7th	Big Ten tournament
2024	Illinois	35–21	18–6	1st	NCAA Regional
2025	Illinois	6–6	0–2
Illinois:		573–425–1 (.574)	271–202 (.573)
Total:		573–425–1 (.574)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Personal

Due to the death of his father, Hartleb spent some time away from the team during the 2014 season.^[14]

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
• Illinois Fighting Illini