Dave Rice (American football)
David Rice (born c. 1940)[1] is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Western Connecticut State University from 1972 to 1974 and at Fordham University from 1975 to 1978, compiling career college football coaching record of 32–30–2. He led Fordham Rams to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference (MIC) championship in 1977. Rice was the athletic director at Fordham from 1979 to 1985.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1940 (age 82–83) |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1960 | Ithaca |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961–1968 | Greenwich HS (CT) |
| 1969–1971 | Columbia (assistant) |
| 1972–1974 | Western Connecticut State |
| 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
Rice 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
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Connecticut State Indians (NAIA independent) (1972–1974) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Western Connecticut State | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1973 | Western Connecticut State | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1974 | Western Connecticut State | 4–5 | |||||||
| Western Connecticut State: | 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 | |||||||||