Dave Leitao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dave Leitao

American basketball player-coach

Date of Birth: 18-May-1960

Place of Birth: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

David Antonio Leitao Jr.
(born May 18, 1960) is an American college basketball coach at DePaul University.
He is in his second tenure as head coach the after leading the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball program from 2002 to 2005.
He has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, the University of Virginia, and his alma mater; Northeastern University.
He was named the 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during his final two years with the Virginia Cavaliers.
He resigned as the Virginia basketball coach on March 18, 2009.
Leitao is Cape Verdean American.
He was the first coach of African descent to coach any varsity sport in University of Virginia history.