Dave Christensen

Dave Christensen is a nationally recognized leadership speaker, executive coach, and author of YOUR 4th Down: Why You Need to Go For It. With more than four decades of experience leading individuals and teams in high-pressure environments, Dave helps organizations build stronger leaders, healthier cultures, and high-performing teams through practical strategies rooted in accountability, resilience, and trust. Before launching Coach Christensen Consulting, Dave enjoyed a distinguished 40-year coaching career at the highest levels of football. He served as Head Coach at the University of Wyoming and held assistant coaching positions at the University of Missouri, Texas A&M, Arizona State, the University of Utah, the University of Toledo, and other collegiate programs. He also served as Head Coach of the Wroclaw Panthers in the European League of Football. Throughout his career, Dave coached in conference championship games, bowl games, and nationally ranked programs while mentoring hundreds of student-athletes and developing numerous NFL players and coaches. Today, Dave brings those same leadership principles to businesses, schools, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and associations across the country. His signature keynote, YOUR 4th Down: Why You Need to Go For It, provides audiences with a practical framework for making confident decisions, overcoming adversity, and performing at their best when the stakes are highest. His A.D.A.P.T. Game Plan—Attitude, Discipline, Attention to Detail, Perseverance, and Touchdowns in Life—has helped thousands of leaders and teams create lasting personal and professional success. Dave earned both his bachelor's degree in Sociology and his master's degree in College Instruction from the University of Washington. He and his wife, Susie, have been married for more than 40 years and are proud parents of three children and grandparents of two granddaughters. They reside in Peoria, Arizona, where Dave also serves as President of the