Dave Leitao College coach

Dave Leitao (born May 18, 1960) is an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa. He had been head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League and the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Virginia. Previously, he was head coach at Northeastern University and DePaul University. He was named the 2006-07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during his final two years with the Cavaliers. He resigned as the UVA basketball coach on March 18, 2009. Leitao is Cape Verdean American. He was the first African-American coach of any varsity sport in University of Virginia history.

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Birth dateMay 18, 1960
Birth place
New Bedford Massachusetts

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coached team
Northeastern University
Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
Maine Red Claws
overall record143-129 (.525)

Dave Leitao on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9340936/Sources:-Virginia-fires-coach-Leitao
  2. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3986162
  3. http://virginiasports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/leitao_dave00.html
  4. http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/history.asp?CatID=2
  5. http://www.virginiasports.com/pdf4/119340.pdf