The 2015 season will be Dan Pirillo’s third as an assistant baseball coach for Chicago State University. As Cougars hitting coach, Pirillo has developed the Cougars into one of the top offensive teams in the WAC.  

Pirillo's philosophy and teaching helped the 2014 club raise the team batting average 68 points, on base percentage 70 points and the slugging percentage 94 points from the previous season. The Cougars offense improved their run total in 2014 by more than 100 runs from 2013. 

In their first season in the Western Athletic Conference, the Cougars offensive finished top in the Conference in many offensive categorites including RBIs, Batting Average, On Base Percentage, Runs Scored and Hits. 77 Stolen Bases was good enough for second most in the Conference.

Four Cougars finished with a .300 Batting Average or better. Mattingly Romanin (.312) and Nathan Poff (.265) each saw their batting average raise 28 and 73 points respectfully. Romanin finished top 15 in the WAC in batting average. He went on to be named to the All-Western Athletic Conference Second Team. 

Sophmore shortstop Julian Russell had the biggest improvement adding 150 points to his batting average, 193 points to his slugging percentage, and  142 to his on base percentage: finishing with a .328 BA, .402 SLG% and .416 OB%. The improvemnts saw Julian take home WAC hitting of the week and flurish into one of the best shortstops in the WAC. HIs .328 BA was the highest Batting Average for any SS in the WAC. Freshman secondbaseman Sandford Hunt also flurished under Pirillo's tutelage, hitting .310 with 9 doubles and 3 triples. 

Pirillo came to Chicago State after most recently serving as an assistant at NCAA Division II Georgia College. Pirillo assisted with recruiting, coordinated the outfield defense while developing the team’s strength and conditioning programs. Pirillo helped guide the Bobcats do a West Division Championship in the Peach Belt Conference with a 29-20 record. While at GC, the Bobcats put up beefy offensive numbers. While hitting .302, 103 doubles and 351 runs scored, Gorgia College was one of the top offensive clubs in the PBC. 

Before Georgia, Pirillo spent two years as an assistant at NCAA Division I Long Island University. He coached first base and helped with recruiting. The 2011 squad set a school record for victories in a season with 28. He oversaw the academic performance of the team, with the Blackbirds recording a team GPA of 3.1 from 2009-11.

In 2013, Pirillo was named the head coach of the Edenton Steamers in the Coastal Plain League. The Steamers went on to win the first and second half Eastern Division Championships. Pirillo's recruitment and development saw 10 steamers go on to sign professional contracts from the 2013 squad.
 
In 2012, Pirillo was the hitting coach/third base coach for the Steamers. His club set new team standards in home runs (44), slugging average (.423), OPS (.791) and doubles (100). The Steamers won the first and second half Eastern Division Championships. Under Pirillo's watch, Steamer OF Michael Camporeale was named the CPL Hitter of the Year. 9 Steamers evenutally went on to sign professional contracts.
 
Pirillo played collegiately at Long Island University, where he was a three-year starter. He graduated in 2008 fourth in career assists (337) playing 3 different infield positions. He also served as the team captain. He owns a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s in exercise physiology from LIU.