Staff Directory
Danielle Rauch
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- Assistant Coach
Danielle Rauch, a U-M letterwinner from 2019-22, starts her first season in Ann Arbor as an assistant coach in 2025-26.
Rauch returns to Ann Arbor after spending the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at Western Carolina, helping the Catamounts to their highest win total since 2013-14. She worked with the point guards on the court, while serving as liaison for strength and conditioning, equipment management and facility logistics.
Following her graduation from Michigan, Rauch spent the 2022-23 season as the graduate assistant coach at Clemson. She utilized her extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023-24, appearing in 23 games for the Tigers with a pair of starts.
Rauch played four seasons at Michigan from 2018-19 to 2021-22, helping Michigan to its two longest postseason runs in program history. She entered the starting lineup at the 2021 NCAA Tournament, leading Michigan to its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance with wins over Florida Gulf Coast and Tennessee.
A starter for the entirety of her senior season, Rauch was one of two Wolverines to start all 32 games while averaging 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 32.6 minutes per game. She recorded seven double-figure scoring performances during her final season, highlighted by a career-best 18 points at Wisconsin (Dec. 9, 2021).
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Rauch graduated from Michigan with a degree in applied exercise science before earning her master’s degree in athletic leadership at Clemson in 2024.
Rauch returns to Ann Arbor after spending the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at Western Carolina, helping the Catamounts to their highest win total since 2013-14. She worked with the point guards on the court, while serving as liaison for strength and conditioning, equipment management and facility logistics.
Following her graduation from Michigan, Rauch spent the 2022-23 season as the graduate assistant coach at Clemson. She utilized her extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023-24, appearing in 23 games for the Tigers with a pair of starts.
Rauch played four seasons at Michigan from 2018-19 to 2021-22, helping Michigan to its two longest postseason runs in program history. She entered the starting lineup at the 2021 NCAA Tournament, leading Michigan to its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance with wins over Florida Gulf Coast and Tennessee.
A starter for the entirety of her senior season, Rauch was one of two Wolverines to start all 32 games while averaging 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 32.6 minutes per game. She recorded seven double-figure scoring performances during her final season, highlighted by a career-best 18 points at Wisconsin (Dec. 9, 2021).
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Rauch graduated from Michigan with a degree in applied exercise science before earning her master’s degree in athletic leadership at Clemson in 2024.
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