Dave Secino

{{Short description|American football coach (born 1955)}}

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| birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth year and age|1955}}}}

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| player_years1 = 1974–1977

| player_team1 = Maine

| player_positions = Offensive lineman

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| coach_years1 = ?–1983

| coach_team1 = Fitchburg HS (MA) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1984–1989

| coach_team2 = Fitchburg State

| coach_years3 = 1990–1994

| coach_team3 = Monty Tech HS (MA)

| overall_record = 4–49 (college)

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David Secino (often misspelled as Cecino; born {{Circa|1955}}) is a former American football coach. He was the head coach for the Fitchburg State Falcons football team from 1984 to 1989.{{Cite news |date=September 14, 1989 |title=They may be losers at Fitchburg State, but not quitters |pages=75 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-they-may-be-losers-at-fi/127264952/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}}{{Cite news |date=September 14, 1989 |title=Laughable or laudable? |pages=21 |work=The News and Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-laughable-or-lauda/127264716/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}} He also coached for Fitchburg High School and Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School.{{Cite news |last=Tynan |first=Trudy |date=September 14, 1989 |title=All for the love of the game |pages=37 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-all-for-the-love-of/127264583/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Ken |title=Secino taking over as Monty Tech head football coach |url=https://www.thegardnernews.com/story/sports/2016/05/07/secino-taking-over-as-monty/11398327007/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Gardner News |language=en-US}} He played college football for Maine as an offensive lineman.{{Cite news |date=November 13, 1984 |title=Winless 'Fitchburgers' Hung In There |pages=12 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-winless-fitchbu/127264832/ |url-status= |access-date=June 28, 2023}}

Secino was the leader of the 1989 team that snapped the school's NCAA-record losing streak at 36 games as they beat Southeastern Massachusetts 33–7.{{Cite news |last=Thomsen |first=Ian |date=October 15, 1989 |title=Fitchburg ends its slide at 36 |pages=49 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-fitchburg-ends-its-slid/127265141/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}}