| Dave Hart | |
| Birth Date: | May 24, 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Connellsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Date: | March 14, 2009 (aged 83) |
| Player Years1: | 1950 |
| Player Team1: | Saint Vincent |
| Coach Years1: | 1962–1963 |
| Coach Team1: | Kentucky (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1964–1965 |
| Coach Team2: | Navy (DB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1966–1968 |
| Coach Team3: | Pittsburgh |
| Admin Years1: | 1973–1978 |
| Admin Team1: | Louisville |
| Admin Years2: | 1978–1986 |
| Admin Team2: | Missouri |
| Admin Years3: | 1987–1991 |
| Admin Team3: | SoCon (commissioner) |
| Overall Record: | 3–27 |
David R. Hart (May 24, 1925 – March 14, 2009)[1] was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1966 to 1968, compiling a record of 3–27.
Hart was the athletic director at the University of Louisville from 1973 to 1978. He also served in the same capacity at the University of Missouri from 1978 to 1986, before he was appointed as the commissioner of the Southern Conference.
Hart was a native of Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He coached high school football in Pennsylvania for eleven years before moving to the college ranks in 1962, when he became an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky.
After two seasons at Kentucky, Hart moved to the United States Naval Academy, where he coached the defensive backfield in 1964 and 1965.[2]
Hart died on March 14, 2009, at the age of eighty-three.[3]
His son, Dave Hart Jr., was the vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee. Before, he was the executive director of athletics at his alma mater, assisting Alabama athletic director Mal Moore. Previously, he spent twelve years as Florida State's athletic director and at East Carolina University in the same role.[4]
His grandson, Rick Hart, is the athletic director at Southern Methodist University. Rick was previously athletic director at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.[5]