Danny Benedetti was named San Diego State baseball's Volunteer Assistant Coach and Camp Coordinator in August 2017.
In Benedetti's first season on the Mesa, the Aztecs claimed their fifth Mountain West Championship in the last six years, sweeping through the tournament field before ultimately defeating UNLV for the conference title. The Aztecs went 39-21 and finished 14th in the country with a .301 team batting average while leading the MW in earned run average at 4.03. Five players from SDSU went on to be taken in the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Benedetti, a Long Beach native, arrived on the Mesa having spent the 2017 season as an assistant coach at Manhattan College, where he primarily worked with hitters while assisting with catchers and recruiting.
Prior to Manhattan, Benedetti spent three years working as a volunteer at his alma mater, St. John's. Benedetti helped lead the Red Storm's run to a 2015 Big East Championship and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Nine players from St. John's 2015 team went on to be selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
No stranger to the west coast, Benedetti started his coaching career at Long Beach State, working as a graduate assistant from 2010-2013.
As a player for the Red Storm in 2008 and 2009, Benedetti earned back-to-back All-Big East honors and was a member of the 2008 Big East Championship squad.