David Dean (born February 3, 1964) is the football coach of Valdosta State University and won a NCAA Division II Football Championship in 2007 which was his first year as head coach of any college.

Dean was AFCA Coach of the Year in NCAA Division II in 2007 and a runner up for Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year in 2008 for the division.

He walked on the Georgia Tech football team in 1982 and earned a scholarship the following year playing through the 1985 as a wide receiver. He was a graduate assistant for the team in 1986.^[1]

He was an assistant coach at Avondale High School in Avondale Estates, Georgia in 1987. Dean was an assistant at Valdosta from 1988 to 1992.

From 1993 to 1999 he was an assistant at University of West Georgia.

From 2000 to 2006 he was offensive coordinator for Valdosta. In his first season in 2000 his quarterback Dusty Bonner won the Harlon Hill Trophy. During this period Valdosta played in the Division II title game in 2002 and won the national championship in 2004.^[1]

[edit] Records

• 2007 9-1^[2]
• 2008 8-2

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