Dave Bliss
| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 20, 1943 Binghamton, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1962–1965 | Cornell |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1966–1967 | Cornell (freshmen) |
| 1967–1969 | Army (asst.) |
| 1969–1971 | Cornell (Asst.) |
| 1971–1975 | Indiana (asst.) |
| 1975–1980 | Oklahoma |
| 1980–1988 | SMU |
| 1988–1999 | New Mexico |
| 1999–2003 | Baylor |
| 2005–2006 | Dakota Wizards |
| 2010–2015 | Allen Academy |
| 2015–2017 | Southwestern Christian |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 543–343 (.613) |
| Tournaments | 8–11 (.421) (NCAA) 8–6 (.571) (NIT) 6–3 (.667) (NCCAA) |
David Gregory "Dave" Bliss (born September 20, 1943) is an American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, the University of New Mexico and Baylor University. Most recently, Bliss was the head coach at Southwestern Christian University, an NAIA school in Bethany, Oklahoma.
Bliss resigned from Baylor in 2003 following internal and NCAA investigations into a number of circumstances surrounding the murder of Baylor player Patrick Dennehy by teammate Carlton Dotson. These included the alleged involvement of Bliss in making illicit tuition payments for players Dennehy and Corey Herring, and his attempt to frame Dennehy posthumously as a drug dealer in order to provide cover for himself; in 2005, the NCAA issued Bliss a 10-year "show-cause" notice.
Bliss was born and raised in Binghamton, New York and graduated from Binghamton Central High School in 1961. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 where he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. He then earned an MBA from Cornell in 1967. He was an all-Ivy League guard at Cornell, was captain of the baseball team, and was named to the first team Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League in 1965. Bliss was inducted to Cornell's athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.
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