David Rice (born c. 1940)[1] is a former American college football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at Western Connecticut State University from 1972 to 1974 and at Fordham University from 1975 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 32–30–2. He led the Fordham Rams to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference (MIC) championship in 1977 and was the athletic director at Fordham from 1979 to 1985.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1940 (age 83–84) |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1960 | Ithaca |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961–1968 | Greenwich HS (CT) |
| 1969–1971 | Columbia (assistant) |
| 1972–1974 | Western Connecticut |
| 1975–1978 | Fordham |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979–1985 | Fordham |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–30–2 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MIC (1977) | |
| Awards | |
| Fordham University Coach of the Year (1977) MIC Coach of the Year (1977) American Football Association Hall of Fame Jack Coffey Award (1997) | |
Personal life
editRice grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1957. He went on to play football at Ithaca College from 1957 to 1960 and then earned a master's degree from New York University.
He is married to Jeanne Taylor, the former assistant athletic director at the University of Mississippi. They reside in Marco Island, Florida.
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Connecticut Indians (NAIA independent) (1972–1974) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Western Connecticut | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1973 | Western Connecticut | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1974 | Western Connecticut | 4–5 | |||||||
| Western Connecticut: | 9–17 | ||||||||
| Fordham Rams (Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference) (1975–1977) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Fordham | 3–5–1 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1976 | Fordham | 5–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1977 | Fordham | 8–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| Fordham Rams (NCAA Division III independent) (1978) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Fordham | 7–3 | |||||||
| Fordham: | 23–13–2 | 5–4–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 32–30–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Former pro football player, Marco Island resident Dave Rice returns home after motorcycle crash". Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
 | This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |