Dave Cecchini

Dave Cecchini is an American college football coach. He was announced as the 27th head coach for Bucknell University in February 2019. Previously, in 2014, he was hired as head football coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.^[1] Before coming to Valparaiso, Cecchini worked as an assistant coach at Harvard University, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and Lehigh University.^[2] Cecchini graduated from Lehigh in 1995.^[3]

Dave Cecchini

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Bucknell
Conference	Patriot League
Record	19–41
Playing career
1992–1993	Lehigh
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2002	Lehigh (assistant)
2003–2006	Harvard (OC/QB/WR)
2007–2009	The Citadel (OC/WR)
2010–2013	Lehigh (OC/QB)
2014–2018	Valparaiso
2019–present	Bucknell
Head coaching record
Overall	36–79
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Patriot League South Division (2021)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Valparaiso Crusaders (Pioneer Football League) (2014–2018)
2014	Valparaiso	4–8	2–6	T–9th
2015	Valparaiso	1–9	1–7	T–8th
2016	Valparaiso	4–7	3–5	T–7th
2017	Valparaiso	6–5	5–3	T–3rd
2018	Valparaiso	2–9	2–6	T–7th
Valparaiso:		17–38	13–27
Bucknell Bison (Patriot League) (2019–present)
2019	Bucknell	3–8	3–3	T–3rd
2020–21	Bucknell	2–2	2–1	T–1st (South)
2021	Bucknell	1–10	0–6	7th
2022	Bucknell	3–8	2–4	T–4th
2023	Bucknell	4–7	1–5	T–7th
2024	Bucknell	6–6	4–2	3rd
2025	Bucknell	0–0	0–0
Bucknell:		19–41	12–21
Total:		36–79