Daniel Furuto

Biography

Daniel Furuto returns to his second consecutive season at ACU as an assistant coach after spending last season at Purdue. The former Wildcat volunteer assistant has spent time at Georgia State and UAB the last few years, but returns to Abilene Christian this spring as the hitting coach. Furuto is a former University of Montevallo (Ala.) all-conference selection and associate head coach, and he joined Purdue baseball as an assistant coach in July 2021, reuniting with Greg Goff after Furuto played for Goff on a Division II College World Series team and also worked with him at Campbell. He served as director of the program's youth and prospect camps in West Lafayette. Furuto has 12 seasons of coaching experience at the college level. He served as the recruiting coordinator at UAB, GSU and Montevallo. UAB’s recruiting class earned a top-100 ranking in November from Perfect Game, the program’s first such honor since 2012. Furuto has coached 23 all-conference players, including five All-Americans. He’s also seen 21 of his former players become MLB draft picks, highlighted by five big leaguers. UAB outfielder Jess Davis was a national ABCA/Rawlings gold glove winner for the 2021 season. Furuto and ACU head coach Rick McCarty previously worked together on the staff at Campbell from 2011 to 2012. Their 2012 team finished 41-18, which broke the school record for wins and finished just shy of breaking the NCAA's single-season record for biggest turnaround (Campbell's 2011 record was 17-