Dave Roberts (born February 28, 1947) is an American former college football player and coach.
He ignited controversy in 1997 when, after a loss to Texas Tech, he stated in a post-game press conference that he had told his players that "they were about as bad a football team as there is right now in America",[2] drawing the ire of the Baylor faithful.
Roberts had previously served as the offensive coordinator under Lou Holtz at the University of Notre Dame.
After being fired by Baylor he rejoined Holtz as an offensive assistant at the University of South Carolina.
After 1956 and until 2010, Roberts was the only Baylor head football coach other than Grant Teaff to beat the Texas Longhorns, doing so in 1997 (Grant Teaff coached Baylor for 21 years and had many victories over the Longhorns).