David Price

David Price

  • Title:
    Associate Head Coach - 5th Season (Defensive Coordinator/Acad. Coord./DL)
  • Phone:
    419-448-3336
  • Email:
    pricedk@tiffin.edu

David Price is in his fifth year with the Dragons football program in 2023-24. He was elevated to Defensive Coordinator in March 2023 and also serves as Associate Head Coach, Defensive Line Coach, and Academic Coordinator.

During the 2022 season, TU's defense second overall with just 16.7 points allowed per game. They were also second in yards allowed (269.6) and the top team in the G-MAC in rushing defense (94.9). They also had the most sacks in the conference and were third in interceptions.

During the 2021 season, the Dragons' defense led the GMAC in scoring defense (20.4 ppg) and defensive pass efficiency (112.8) while also finishing second in yards allowed per game (330). Charlie Cleveland landed his third consecutive GMAC Defensive Lineman of the Year award while Latrell Robinson (Second Team) and Hunter Waits (Third Team) also landed defensive line honors.

During the 2020-21 campaign, Price helped lead TU to their second consecutive GMAC title, leading the conference in yardage allowed (208.8), pass defense (109.0), and defensive efficiency (89.9). Price led one of the top defensive line units in the country in 2020-21 and again all three starting defensive linemen were named All-GMAC (Latrell Robinson 1st Team, Hunter Waits 2nd Team, Charlie Cleveland 1st Team) including a second consecutive season with Cleveland being named the GMAC Defensive Lineman of the Year.

During the 2019 campaign, Price helped lead the Dragons to arguably the best season in program history. Tiffin finished the regular season 9-1 along with a perfect 7-0 mark in GMAC play to claim the conference title. The GMAC crown is just the third conference championship in program history, and first as a member of Division II. As a result, the Dragons earned their first-ever berth into the NCAA DII playoffs and came extremely close to upsetting the 2-seed in the region, Kutztown, on the road in the first round.

The Dragons led the GMAC in total defense (352.6 ypg) and were second in scoring defense (21.9 ppg) while leading the conference and ranking 17th nationally in interceptions with 16 on the year. The Dragons also led the GMAC and ranked 28th nationally in rushing defense with just 109.3 yards allowed per game on the ground. Tiffin recorded one shutout during the season (52-0 at Walsh) and held opponents to seven points or less an additional three times (45-7 vs Alderson Broaddus, 59-6 at Kentucky Wesleyan, 55-6 vs Saint Anselm). All four defensive line starters were named All-GMAC (Latrell Robinson 2nd Team, AJ Wright 2nd Team, and Marvin Radford HM) including Price's star defensive lineman Charlie Cleveland, who was also named the GMAC Defensive Lineman of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

Price spent the 2018 season at Wheeling Jesuit University. Prior to WJU, Price spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Ohio Northern. 

Price spent the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at Hiram College, where he coached the linebackers and defensive line, was the defensive coordinator and associate head coach.

As the defensive coordinator at Hiram, Price helped the Terriers to their best season in 30 years and a top-8 ranking nationally in takeaways.

In 2015 Price was one of thirty coaches selected nationally to participate in the NCAA and NFL Coaches Academy. The academy is an opportunity for current, full-time intercollegiate football coaches at NCAA member institutions and current (and former) NFL athletes to expand their knowledge and insight into the world of intercollegiate football coaching.

Price is a 2008 graduate of the University of Akron with a degree in Psychology, where as a student he was a walk-on member of the football team.

Price was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia playing football for Albemarle High School from 1999-2002. During his tenure, he was an accomplished football player as a starter at a variety of positions including: defensive line, offensive line and linebacker. 

Price earned First Team All-Commonwealth district and First Team All-Central Virginia honors as a junior and a senior. As a senior, Price was a First Team All-Region pick and was selected as a member of the Prep-Star Magazine All-East team.

Price and his wife Jacqueline reside in the area with their young sons Mack and Cam.