Dave completed high school in Tuscaloosa, AL, and accepted a scholarship to attend Alcorn State University, where he graduated with a degree in Chemistry and minor in Math.  While at Alcorn, Dave played on a national championship football team and a conference championship basketball team.   He later received a Master’s Degree in Administration and Supervision from Jackson State University.  He has taught on the high school and college level.  The Christian values and training Dave received from his single parent mother, grandmother and sister have served as the foundation for his ministry, athletic, academic and professional development.

Dave played 11 years in the National Football League (NFL) as an outside linebacker with All Pro years at Denver, Buffalo and San Francisco.  As a Profession, Dave is a featured sports columnist for many National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) newspapers.  He is a member of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), National Football League Alumni (NFL-Alumni), Pro Football Writers Association, Alcorn State University Sports Hall of Fame, U.S. Department of Education and Justice Department Grant Peer Review Committee.

Dave's Ministry spans the world as it reaches out to youth and families with an unchanging gospel message. Dave  has served 15 years as a Senior Pastor, and 8 additional years as an Associate Pastor.   Presently, he travels and speaks to youth, families, prison inmates and all that will hear the message of hope through Jesus Christ.   Dave finds much joy and pleasure working and serving in the ministry at Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Madison, Mississippi.   He is a career STEM educator and Administrator in the Mississippi Public School system - presently at Murrah High School, Jackson, Mississippi.

Dave has been blessed to have his wife, Dianne, who was his college sweetheart, minister along with him, and to know his three adult children, Dave III, Dar Kenya and D’Angelo love the Lord.