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For the college basketball coach, see Dave Rice (basketball).
Dave Rice Sport(s) Football Playing career 1957–1960 Ithaca Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1961–1968
1969–1971
1972–1974
1975–1978Greenwich HS
Columbia (assistant)
Western Connecticut State
FordhamHead coaching record Overall 32–30–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1977 MIC Champions Awards 1977 Fordham University Coach of the Year
1997 MIC Coach of the Year
American Football Association Hall of Fame
1997 Jack Coffey AwardDavid "Dave" Rice was the head coach for the Western Connecticut State University Colonials (1972–74) and the Fordham University Rams (1975–78) football teams. He compiled an overall record of 32–30–2, including the 1977 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference Championship while at Fordham.
Personal
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.
Currently, he is married to his wife, Jeanne Taylor, who is the former assistant athletic director at the University of Mississippi. They reside in Marco Island, Florida.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank# Western Connecticut State Colonials (NAIA Independent) (1972–1974) 1972 Western Connecticut State 1–7 1973 Western Connecticut State 4–5 1974 Western Connecticut State 4–5 Fordham Rams (Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference) (1975–1977) 1975 Fordham 3–5–1 1976 Fordham 5–3–1 1977 Fordham 8–2 1st Fordham Rams (NCAA Division III Independent) (1978) 1978 Fordham 7–3 Total: 32–30–2 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
- "Dave Rice coaching record". College Football DataWarehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1972. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- "David Rice, Commissioner". Southern States Football League. http://www.southernstatesfootball.com/admin.html. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- "Dave Rice, Part I: Pillar of Marco has long history with athletics". News-Press.com. 18 February 2010. http://www.news-press.com/article/20100218/MARCOCOMMUNITY/100219049/-1/NATION/Dave-Rice--Part-I--Pillar-of-Marco-has-long-history-with-athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2010.[dead link]
Fordham Rams head football coaches John F. Condon (1883) • No team (1894) • George Wallace (1885) • Unknown (1886–1887) • Charles Livingston (1888) • Thomas Carmody (1889) • James McNally (1890) • John P. Lee (1891) • Harry Ely (1892) • John P. Lee (1893) • Unknown (1894–1895) • George G. Grainger (1896) • Frederick Shaeffer & Bob Carmody (1897) • James Massterson & John Couch (1898) • John J. Mullen (1899) • Maurice McCarthy (1900) • Maurice McCarthy & Fred L. Smith (1901) • Yale Murphy (1902) • Harry Ely (1903) • Fred L. Smith (1904) • Eugene McGee (1905) • Fred L. Smith (1906–1907) • Howard Gargan (1908–1909) • Tom Thorp (1912–1913) • Skip Wymard (1914) • Harry Vaughan (1915) • Frank Gargan (1916) • Frank Gargan & Frank McCaffrey (1917) • Edward Siskind (1918) • No team (1919) • Charles Brickley & Joseph DuMoe (1920) • Joseph DuMoe (1921) • Frank Gargan (1922–1926) • Frank Cavanaugh (1927–1932) • Jim Crowley (1933–1941) • Earl Walsh (1942) • Ed Danowski (1946–1954) • No team (1954–1963) • Jim Lansing (1964–1971) • G. Dean Loucks (1972–1974) • Dave Rice (1975–1977) • Jack Stephens (1979–1980) • O'Neal Tutein (1981–1985) • Larry Glueck (1986–1993) • Nick Quartaro (1994–1997) • Ken O'Keefe (1998) • Dave Clawson (1999–2003) • Ed Foley (2004–2005) • Tom Masella (2006– )
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