David Girardi's career arc went from quarterbacking a college team to a championship, to coaching professional quarterbacks to multiple Super Bowls.

From 2007 through 2010, David quarterbacked the Geneva College football team, starting three seasons and finishing with 5,997 passing yards and 37 touchdowns, and leading the Golden Tornadoes to a 29-28 come-from-behind championship win in the National Christian College Athletic Association Victory Bowl in 2009, a game in which David added a 57-yard punt. In 2009 and 2010, David was team captain and was named a National Christian College Athletic Association All-American.

In several categories, David made the Geneva College record books. In 2009, David set the Golden Tornado record for single-season completion percentage, with 188 completions in 302 attempts (62 percent), and he is currently second all-time at Geneva in that category for his 2009 season. Moreover, David's 2010 season of 180 completions in 306 passes (59 percent) ranks eighth all-time at Geneva in single-season completion percentage. David finished his college career third in Golden Tornado career completion percentage, with 514 completions in 899 attempts (57 percent), and he is currently fifth all-time in that category. David also has Geneva's second-longest pass play, at 88 yards against Bethany in 2010, and is third in Golden Tornado punting average, at 41.1 yards per punt.

David began his coaching career in 2011, as a graduate assistant at Seton Hill for two seasons. In 2013, he served as the Geneva College quarterbacks coach under Beaver County Sports Hall of Famer Geno DeMarco. Later, at Northwestern University, David was the offensive quality control coach in 2014 and a defensive graduate assistant for the next two seasons. In 2017, David coached quarterbacks at Lafayette College.

Since then, David has served the Kansas City Chiefs under the leadership of one of the most well-respected NFL coaches, Andy Reid. David was offensive quality control coach from 2018 through 2020, pass game analyst and assistant quarterbacks coach in 2021 and 2022, and quarterbacks coach from 2023 to the present, coaching Patrick Mahomes and other Chiefs quarterbacks. During David's tenure, the Chiefs have won three Super Bowls: LIV in 2020, LVII in 2023, and LVIII in 2024.

David earned a Master's of Business Administration degree in 2013 from Seton Hill University and a Master's of Sports Administration degree from Northwestern University in 2016. He was inducted into the Geneva College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. David is married to Kristen Girardi, and they have a three-year-old son Joseph and a five-month-old daughter Giada.

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