| Dave Dallas | |
| Player Years1: | 1979–1982 |
| Player Team1: | Missouri Western |
| Coach Years1: | 1983–1984 |
| Coach Team1: | Missouri Western (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1985 |
| Coach Team2: | Northeast Missouri State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1986 |
| Coach Team3: | Rolla HS (MO) |
| Coach Years4: | 1987–1988 |
| Coach Team4: | Graceland |
| Coach Years5: | 1989–1996 |
| Coach Team5: | Ottawa |
| Coach Years6: | 1997–2013 |
| Coach Team6: | Kansas Wesleyan |
| Coach Years7: | 2014–2016 |
| Coach Team7: | North County HS (MO) |
| Overall Record: | 132–119–1 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–2 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 KCAC (2001–2002) |
Dave Dallas is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University until he resigned after completion of the 2013 season. From 1989 to 1996, Dallas was the head football coach at Ottawa University. From 2014 to 2016 he was the head coach at North County High School in Bonne Terre, Missouri.[1]
Dallas played college football at Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Missouri, from 1979 until 1982. After playing, he continued to work with the Griffons as a graduate assistant in the football program.[2]
Dallas was the 25th head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1989 until 1996.
After coaching at Ottawa, Dallas became the 19th head football coach at the Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. He held that position for 17 seasons from 1997 until his resignation in 2013.[3]
In 2000, he coached the Coyotes in the American Family Charity Bowl against conference rival Bethany, losing 20–3.[4] His 2001 team was declared Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions[5] and then the team won the title outright in 2002.[6] For both the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Kansas Wesleyan qualified for the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs.[7]