He played collegiate basketball as a point guard for Seton Hall Pirates for five seasons in NCAA leagues in the 90s. After a brief playing career, Dan announced his retirement and shifted his sole focus to coaching,

He embarked on his professional coaching career in 1996 in an assistant role at St. Anthony HS. Then in 2001, St. Benedict’s Prep anointed Dan as the head coach, where he coached for nine years til 2010.

Besides, Bobby also has a younger sister Melissa who is a mother of two kids. She is quite active on social media, mainly on Twitter.