Daniel J. "Dan" Rafael (born November 16, 1961, in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian male curler and curling coach. He worked as national curling coach (head coach of national curling federation) and national curling teams coach of France, China, Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Russia, Poland. Rafael now works as the coach for the Spanish mixed doubles team.
He grew up and started playing curling in Schefferville, Quebec, where he played his entire junior curling career. Rafael, as of 2025, now resides in Portugal.