| Date of birth | September 3, 1938 |
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| Place of birth | New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Date of death | March 9, 2024 (aged 85) |
| Place of death | Rumford, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Head coach Defensive coordinator |
| US college | Cincinnati |
| High school | Withrow (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1962–1965 | Greenbrier Military School (Assistant coach) |
| 1966–1968 | Greenbrier Military School (Head coach) |
| 1969–1972 | Cincinnati Bearcats (Linebackers coach) |
| 1973–1977 | Brown Bears (Linebackers coach) |
| 1978–1982 | Fairmont State Fighting Falcons (Head coach) |
| 1983–1986 | Montreal Concordes, Alouettes (Defensive backs coach) |
| 1987–1988 | Cincinnati Bearcats (Defensive coordinator) |
| 1989 | Milano Seamen (Asst. head coach/defensive coordinator) |
| 1989 | Marshall Thundering Herd (Defensive coordinator) |
| 1990 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Defensive line coach, special teams coach) |
| 1991 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Defensive backs coach) |
| 1992 | Ottawa Rough Riders (Defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach) |
| 1993–1995 | BC Lions (Head coach) |
| 1996 | Montreal Alouettes (Defensive coordinator) |
| 1997–1998 | Montreal Alouettes (Head coach) |
| 1999–2004 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Head coach) |
| 2005–2007 | BC Lions (Defensive coordinator) |
| 2011–2012 | Zurich Renegades (Head coach) |
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| Career stats | |
| CFL coaching record | 108–76–3 |
David F. Ritchie (September 3, 1938 – March 9, 2024) was an American gridiron football coach in college football, the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Italian Football League (IFL), and the Swiss National League. He is best known for his time as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach from 1999 to 2004. He was a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won in 1990, 1994, and 2006 and was named the CFL's Coach of the Year in 2001. He won 108 regular season games as a head coach in the CFL which is the seventh highest win total by a head coach in the league's history.