Coaching Staff

Head Coach Dan "P" Porreco--(303) 982-2631; dporreco@jeffco.k12.co.us

    Coach "P" heads into his 27th season with D'Evelyn softball in 2024.  He also teaches physical education and coaches the Boys Varsity Baseball team at D'Evelyn. Coach P was born and raised in Arvada and attended Regis Jesuit High School.  He attended the University of Southern Colorado for two years on a baseball scholarship and then transferred to and graduated from the University of Wyoming where he also played under a baseball scholarship.  He earned is Masters in Administration from the University of Phoenix in 1998.  Coach and his wife Tracy have four children, Gia, Tony, Danella and Isabella.

Coaching Experience:

• Baseball Head Coach Senior Babe Ruth State Champion Laramie Vigilantes Summers 1989-1990

• Baseball Head JV Coach Wheat Ridge High School 1991

• Baseball Varsity Assistant  Coach A State Champion Wheat Ridge High School 1992

• Baseball Assistant Coach Metro State College 1993-1994

• Club Softball Coach - Colorado Bruins- 2007-2009

• Head Softball and Baseball Coach D'Evelyn High School 1995-present

  • Assistant Softball Coach - 1997-2003

Coach Joel Halliwell

    Joel arrived in Colorado from Noank, Connecticut in 1992.  He graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts with a BS in Physical Education.  Once in Colorado, he received a Masters Degree in Sports Administration from the University of Northern Colorado.  He currently resides in Golden Colorado with wife Julie, son Sean and daughter Erin.  He taught elementary PE at Mount Saint Vincent Home in Denver, then Leawood Elementary in Jefferson County.  He currently teaches at Rooney Ranch Elementary in Lakewood Colorado.

Coaching Experience:  

• Assistant Baseball Coach Palmer High School Palmer MA 1992

• Assistant Softball Coach at Golden High School 1995

• 20 years High School Coaching Experience Girls and Boys

• JV Softball Coach D’Evelyn 1996

• Head JV Baseball Coach 1997-1998

• Assistant Baseball Coach At D’Evelyn 2005- 2020

• Assistant Baseball Coach Littleton RedHawks U13 2013-2014

• Assistant Softball Coach at D’Evelyn 2005-Present

  • Head Softball Coach - 1997-2003

  • (Two State Championship Appearances)

 Coach Katelyn Courtney

 Katelyn Courtney was born and raised in Arvada, Colorado. She played softball at Chadron State College and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelors of Science in Education with an endorsement in Mathematics. She received her Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Governor's University in 2023. She teaches math at D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School. She currently lives in Littleton, Colorado with her husband, Bryan, her son, Carter, and their dog, Hoss. 

Coaching experience: 

• D'Evelyn Varsity Assistant Coach 2021-Present 

• 3 time state appearance

  • (One State Championship Appearance)