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| overall_record = 32–30–2
| championships = 1977 MIC Champions
| awards        = 1977 Fordham University Coach of the Year <br> 1997 MIC Coach of the Year <br> American Football Association Hall of Fame <br> 1997 Jack Coffey Award
| CFbDWID       = 1972
| player_years         = 1957–1960
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| coach_teams    = [[Greenwich High School|Greenwich HS]] <br> [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia]] (assistant)<br>[[Western Connecticut State Colonials football|Western Connecticut State]] <br> [[Fordham Rams football|Fordham]]
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'''David "Dave" Rice''' was the head coach for the [[Western Connecticut State University]] Colonials (1972–74) and the [[Fordham University]] [[Fordham Rams|Rams]] (1975–78) football teams. He compiled an overall record of 32–30–2, including the 1977 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference Championship while at Fordham.

==Personal==
Rice grew up in [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York]] and attended [[Hastings High School (New York)|Hastings High School]], graduating in 1957. He went on to play football at [[Ithaca College]] from 1957 to 1960, and then earned a master's degree from [[New York University]].

Currently, he is married to his wife, Jeanne Taylor, who is the former assistant athletic director at the [[University of Mississippi]]. They reside in [[Marco Island, Florida]].

==Head coaching record==
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 | conf      = NAIA Independent
 | startyear = 1972
 | endyear   = 1974
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 | name         = Western Connecticut State
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 | name         = Western Connecticut State
 | overall      = 4–5
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 | name      = [[Fordham Rams football|Fordham Rams]]
 | conf      = Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference
 | startyear = 1975
 | endyear   = 1977
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 | name         = Fordham
 | overall      = 3–5–1
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 | year         = 1976
 | name         = Fordham
 | overall      = 5–3–1
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 | year         = 1977
 | name         = Fordham
 | overall      = 8–2
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 | name      = [[Fordham Rams football|Fordham Rams]]
 | conf      = NCAA Division III Independent
 | startyear = 1978
 | endyear   = single
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 | name         = Fordham
 | overall      = 7–3
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 | overall  = 32–30–2
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==References==
*{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Dave Rice coaching record | work = | publisher = College Football DataWarehouse | date = | url =http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1972 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2 March 2010}}
*{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =David Rice, Commissioner | work = | publisher = Southern States Football League | date = | url =http://www.southernstatesfootball.com/admin.html | doi = | accessdate = 2 March 2010}}
*{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dave Rice, Part I: Pillar of Marco has long history with athletics | work = | publisher = News-Press.com | date = 18 February 2010 | url =http://www.news-press.com/article/20100218/MARCOCOMMUNITY/100219049/-1/NATION/Dave-Rice--Part-I--Pillar-of-Marco-has-long-history-with-athletics | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2 March 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

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