| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1947-02-28)February 28, 1947 (age 78) Wade Hampton, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1968 | Western Carolina |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972 | Eastern Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1973–1978 | Davidson (assistant) |
| 1978–1983 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1984–1988 | Western Kentucky |
| 1989–1993 | Northeast Louisiana |
| 1994–1996 | Notre Dame (OC/WR) |
| 1997–1998 | Baylor |
| 1999–2004 | South Carolina (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 67–68–3 |
| Tournaments | 2–5 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2Southland (1990, 1992) | |
Dave Roberts (born February 28, 1947) is an American formercollege football player and coach. He served as the head football coach atWestern Kentucky University (1984–1988),Northeast Louisiana University (1989–1993), andBaylor University (1997–1998), compiling a career head coaching record of 67–68–3.
Roberts was the eighth head football coach at Northeast Louisiana University—known as theUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe—located inMonroe, Louisiana and he held that position for five seasons, from 1989 until 1993. His coaching record at Northeast Louisiana was 38–19–2, including a forfeit by Louisiana Tech in 1989.[1]
Roberts was the head football coach atBaylor University from 1997 to 1998. He ignited controversy in 1997 when, after a loss toTexas Tech, he stated in a post-game press conference that he had told his players that "they were about as bad a football team as there is right now in America",[2] drawing the ire of the Baylor faithful. Following the 1998 season, in which the Bears went 2–9 for a second consecutive season, he was fired by athletic director Tom Stanton. Roberts had previously served as theoffensive coordinator underLou Holtz at theUniversity of Notre Dame. After being fired by Baylor he rejoined Holtz as an offensive assistant at theUniversity of South Carolina.
After 1956 and until 2010, Roberts was the only Baylor head football coach other thanGrant Teaff to beat theTexas Longhorns, doing so in 1997 (Grant Teaff coached Baylor for 21 years and had many victories over the Longhorns).
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky(NCAA Division I-AA independent)(1984–1988) | |||||||||
| 1984 | Western Kentucky | 2–9 | |||||||
| 1985 | Western Kentucky | 4–7 | |||||||
| 1986 | Western Kentucky | 4–6–1 | |||||||
| 1987 | Western Kentucky | 7–4 | LNCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||||
| 1988 | Western Kentucky | 9–4 | LNCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | ||||||
| Western Kentucky: | 26–30–1 | ||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana Indians(Southland Conference)(1989–1993) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Northeast Louisiana | 4–6–1 | 2–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1990 | Northeast Louisiana | 7–5 | 5–1 | 1st | LNCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| 1991 | Northeast Louisiana | 7–3–1 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1992 | Northeast Louisiana | 10–3 | 7–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1993 | Northeast Louisiana | 9–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | LNCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
| Northeast Louisiana: | 37–20–2 | 24–7–1 | |||||||
| Baylor Bears(Big 12 Conference)(1997–1998) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Baylor | 2–9 | 1–7 | 6th(South) | |||||
| 1998 | Baylor | 2–9 | 1–7 | 6th(South) | |||||
| Baylor: | 4–18 | 2–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 67–68–3 | ||||||||
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