Dave Currey (American football)

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1943–2023)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Dave Currey

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|5|13}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|7|15|1943|5|13}}

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| 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)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 PCAA (1980)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Keel |first1=Fletcher |title=Former UC head football coach Currey dead at 80 |url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/dave-currey-obituary-cincinnati-bearcats-football-coach/44588529 |website=WLWT |date=19 July 2023 |access-date=July 19, 2023}}

Head coaching record

=College=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Long Beach State 49ers

| conf = Pacific Coast Athletic Association

| startyear = 1977

| endyear = 1983

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1977

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1978

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 1–4

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1979

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1980

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 8–3

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1981

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 2–8

| conference = 1–4

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1982

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1983

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 8–4

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Long Beach State

| overall = 40–36

| confrecord = 19–17

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Cincinnati Bearcats

| conf = NCAA Division I-A independent

| startyear = 1984

| endyear = 1988

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1984

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 2–9

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1985

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 5–6

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1986

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 5–6

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1987

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 4–7

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1988

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 3–8

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cincinnati

| overall = 19–36

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 59–72

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

External links

[http://www.chapmanathletics.com/information/directory/bios/currey?tmpl=/information/directory/bio-template Chapman profile]

Category:1943 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:American football running backs

Category:Chapman Panthers athletic directors

Category:Cincinnati Bearcats athletic directors

Category:Cincinnati Bearcats football coaches

Category:Long Beach State 49ers football coaches

Category:Samford Bulldogs football players

Category:Stanford Cardinal football coaches

Category:UCLA Bruins football coaches

Category:High school football coaches in California

Category:California State University, Los Angeles alumni

Category:Stanford University alumni

Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California