Dave Dye

{{Short description|American football coach (born 1945)}}

{{other people|David Dye}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Dave Dye

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|1|8}}

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1964–1966

| player_team1 = Baldwin–Wallace

| player_positions = Halfback, defensive back

| coach_years1 = 1967

| coach_team1 = Cloverleaf HS (OH) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1973–1977

| coach_team2 = Chamberlain HS (OH)

| coach_years3 = 1978–1979

| coach_team3 = Wayne State (MI) (OL)

| coach_years4 = 1980–1996

| coach_team4 = Hillsdale (DC)

| coach_years5 = 1997–2001

| coach_team5 = Hillsdale

| overall_record = 21–34 (college)

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Dave Dye (born January 8, 1945) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan for five seasons, from 1997 to 2001, compiling a record of 21–34.{{Cite web|title=Hillsdale Chargers 2010 Media Guide|publisher=Hillsdale College|url=http://www.hillsdalesites.org/chargers/football/2010/2010HCFBmediaguide.pdf|accessdate=November 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022043/http://www.hillsdalesites.org/chargers/football/2010/2010HCFBmediaguide.pdf|archivedate=July 16, 2011}}

Dye attended Medina High School in Medina, Ohio, where he played football as a quarterback and halfback. He then played college football Baldwin–Wallace College—now known as Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio under head coach Lee Tressel. Dye began his coaching career in 1967 as an assistant football coach at Cloverleaf High School in Westfield Township, Medina County, Ohio.{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Al |title=Where Will Bud Dye Be Sitting? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-rapids-press/168543265/ |newspaper=Medina County Gazette |location=Medina, Ohio |date=September 5, 1967 |page=6 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=College=

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

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Hillsdale Chargers

| conf = Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference

| startyear = 1997

| endyear = 1998

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1997

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 4–7

| conference = 4–6

| confstanding = 6th

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1998

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 3–7

| confstanding = 11th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Hillsdale Chargers

| conf = Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1999

| endyear = 2001

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1999

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 8–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–4th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2000

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 2–8

| confstanding = T–10th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2001

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 3–7

| confstanding = T–10th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Hillsdale

| overall = 21–34

| confrecord = 18–31

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 21–34

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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{{cite web |author= |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Dave Dye |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/815 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=March 21, 2025 }}

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