The 2010 season will mark the first for Danny Rodriguez as a member of the Yellow Jackets’ track and field coaching staff, where he will work with athletes primarily in throwing events. Rodriguez joins the staff after having graduated from Defiance College in the spring of 2009 with a degree in integrated social studies.

Rodriguez was a four-year letterwinner for the Yellow Jackets’ track and field team as an undergraduate at Defiance. He posted the fifth longest hammer throw in Defiance College history in 2009 with a distance of 40.52 meters, and ranks in the all-time top-ten in weight throws.

Rodriguez is currently working as a substitute teacher for Defiance City Schools.