Dave Rice (American football)

Dave Rice

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)

David Rice (born c. 1940) 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.

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 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