David A. DeCenzo

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|name=David A. DeCenzo

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|caption=David A. DeCenzo

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|office=2nd President of Coastal Carolina University

|term_start=2007

|term_end=2020

|predecessor=Ronald R. Ingle

|successor=Michael T. Benson

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1955|02|21|mf=y}}

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|alma_mater=University of Maryland, College Park (B.A.)
West Virginia University (M.S.)
West Virginia University (Ph.D.)

|residence=Pawleys Island, SC

|profession=Academic administrator

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|spouse=Terri DeCenzo

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David A. DeCenzo (born February 21, 1955) is the former eighth chief executive, and second president of Coastal Carolina University from 2007 to 2020. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and West Virginia University.{{cite web | url=https://www.coastal.edu/aboutccu/historytraditions/leaders1954topresent/aboutdaviddecenzo/ | title=About David DeCenzo | Coastal Carolina }}

DeCenzo is also a member of Coastal Carolina's athletics hall of fame. He is a 2022 inductee to the Sasser Hall of Fame as a non-student athlete inductee. This was to honor his leadership in navigating the university during his time as president.{{cite web | url=https://goccusports.com/news/2022/8/31/general-george-f-sasser-athletics-hall-of-fame-announces-2022-class | title=George F. Sasser Athletics Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Class | date=September 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://business.wvu.edu/alumni/roll-of-distinguished-alumni/previous-inductees/david-a-decenzo | title=David A. DeCenzo }} Dr. DeCenzo was also honored in 2021, a year after his retirement from the university, with the formal naming of a new residence hall in his honor, Teal Hall was renamed DeCenzo Hall.https://www.wmbfnews.com/2021/03/29/ccu-rename-teal-hall-honor-former-university-president/