David John Archer (born November 5, 1982) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

coach and former player. He is the head coach of

Cornell Big Red football The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the ol ...

team. He became the head coach in January 2013. Archer was a three-year starter for the Big Red before graduating in 2005. He spent six years as an assistant coach at his alma mater. He was also an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham in 2006. Archer has never had a winning season as head coach. In ten years, he has had 8 losing seasons, one break-even season, and zero winning seasons. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. His contract is under consideration as of fall 2023. In 2015 Archer was the youngest head college football coach in the country.

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Cornell profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, David 1982 births Living people American football offensive linemen Cornell Big Red football coaches Cornell Big Red football players Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham Devils football coaches