David Dir (born June 23, 1959) is an American soccer coach, broadcaster, and former player.
He played professionally in the USISL and has served as a head coach in the APSL, NCAA, and Major League Soccer, and as an assistant with the United States under-20 national team.
At the time of his departure in 2000, Dir had amassed a regular-season record of 81–75–4,[1] which made him the winningest head coach in MLS history until Thomas Rongen overtook him in 2001.
[3] In 1989, Dir began his coaching career as an assistant with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League.
He was the longest serving of the original ten MLS head coaches[8] and won the 1997 U.S. Open Cup.
Dir remains in the top ten for all-time MLS wins as a head coach with eighty-four.