Career
Gooley retired following the 2014 season. Gooley played baseball at Quinnipiac and served as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac from 1971 to 1976. Prior to the start of the 1977 season, Gooley was named Quinnipiac"s head coach.
Quinnipiac, then a Division II program, reached three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Tournaments and one Division II College World Series under Gooley.
Gooley left Quinnipiac following the 1987 season to serve as the head coach at Division I Hartford. In five seasons as Hartford"s head coach, he had a record of 101-90-1.
After spending several years as a business executive and Quinnipiac administrator, Gooley again became the head coach of Quinnipiac (which had since become a Division I member) for the 2002 season. In 2005, Gooley led the Bobcats to their only National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance.
The following is a table of Gooley"s yearly records as an National Collegiate Athletic Association head baseball coach.