Dave Rice (American football)

Dave Rice
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	1939/1940 (age 74–75)
Playing career
1957–1960	Ithaca
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1968 1969–1971 1972–1974 1975–1978	Greenwich HS Columbia (assistant) Western Connecticut State Fordham
Head 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 Award

David "Dave" Rice (born c. 1940)^[1] 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	Standing
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

↑ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/11/former-NFL-football-player-marco-island-resident-d/

"Dave Rice coaching record". College Football DataWarehouse. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
"David Rice, Commissioner". Southern States Football League. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
"Dave Rice, Part I: Pillar of Marco has long history with athletics". News-Press.com. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.

Western Connecticut State Colonials head football coaches

Nick Cutulle (1970–1971) Dave Rice (1972–1974) Bill Sferro (1975–1976) Carl Paight (1977–1979) Steve Golden (1980–1981) Paul Pasqualoni (1982–1986) Chris Rippon (1987–1989) Ken Brasington (1990–1991) John Cervino (1992–1999) Bob Surace (2000–2001) John Burrell (2002–2011) Joe Loth (2012– )

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 Stephans (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 (2006–2011)
Joe Moorhead (2012– )

Fordham Rams athletic directors

Jack Coffey (1926–1958) Johnny Bach (1958–1968) Peter A. Carlesimo (1968–1978) Dave Rice (1979–1985) Francis McLaughlin (1985–2012) David Roach (2012– )