David Currey (May 13, 1943 â 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 40âÂÂ36 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 19âÂÂ36 record. (He also briefly was athletic director in 1984.) His overall record as a coach was 59âÂÂ72.
Currey died on July 15, 2023, at the age of 80.