Dave Currey | |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1943 |
Player Years1: | 1963 |
Player Team1: | Howard (AL) |
Player Positions: | Running back |
Coach Years1: | 1967–1969 |
Coach Team1: | St. Bonaventure HS (CA) |
Coach Years2: | 1970–1976 |
Coach Team2: | Stanford (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1977–1983 |
Coach Team3: | Long Beach State |
Coach Years4: | 1984–1988 |
Coach Team4: | Cincinnati |
Coach Years5: | 1989 |
Coach Team5: | UCLA (assistant) |
Admin Years1: | 1984 |
Admin Team1: | Cincinnati |
Admin Years2: | 1990–2015 |
Admin Team2: | Chapman |
Overall Record: | 59–72 (college) 26–6 (high school) |
Championships: | 1 PCAA (1980) |
David Currey (May 13, 1943 – July 15, 2023) was an American college athletics administrator and college football player and coach. He was the former athletic director at Chapman University, a position he held from 1990 to 2015. From 1977 to 1983, he coached at Long Beach State, where he compiled a 40–36 record. In 1980 and 1983, his teams won eight games. From 1984 to 1988, he served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled a 19–36 record. (He also briefly was athletic director in 1984.) His overall record as a coach was 59–72.
Currey died on July 15, 2023, at the age of 80.[1]