Sport(s) Football Name Dave Baldwin Conference Pac-12 | Title Offensive Coordinator | |
 | ||
Alma mater California State University, NorthridgeSaint Mary's College of California 1978 Cal State Northridge (WR/TE) | ||
Charles David Baldwin (born March 22, 1955) is an American football coach who is currently an assistant coach at Oregon State University. Baldwin served as the head football coach at California State University, Northridge from 1995 to 1996 and at San Jose State University from 1997 to 2000. He was in the interim head coach at Colorado State University for 2014 Las Vegas Bowl.
Contents
Coaching career
He has served as a graduate assistant coach at Cal State Northridge, the offensive coordinator at Cincinnati, and the offensive coordinator at Baylor. Following San Jose State, he served as the offensive coordinator at Michigan State, New Mexico and Utah State.
Baldwin was the head football coach at Cal State Northridge from 1995 to 1996, compiling a record of 9–12. He was also the head football coach at San Jose State.
During his tenure as head coach at San Jose State from 1997 to 2000, he had three straight wins over Stanford (including in their Rose Bowl season of 1999). In 1997, SJSU upset No. 24 Air Force, (25–22) their first win over a ranked opponent since 1990. In 2000, SJSU beat ninth-ranked TCU (27–24) ending their 12-game winning streak. Also in 2000, SJSU earned a mark of 7-5, their first winning season in eight years. His overall record at San Jose State University was 18–27.
Baldwin served as the offensive coordinator for the Colorado State Rams of Colorado State University from 2012 until 2014. He also was the interim head coach for the Rams during the 2014 Las Vegas Bowl, following Jim McElwain's departure for the University of Florida. On December 20, 2014, following the Bowl Game, Baldwin along with the entire coaching staff received their termination papers. On December 28, 2014, he was named as the new offensive coordinator for Oregon State.
Personal
In 2015, Baldwin admitted he drinks 16–18 cans of Diet Coke a day. He said he has been doing this for over 15 years.