David Six (basketball)
David Six (born 1963 or 1964) is the former head coach of the Hampton Pirates women's basketball team. Before joining the Pirates in 2009, Six started his head coaching tenure at Hampton High School as their girls basketball coach from 1993 to 1995. At Hampton, Six reached the semi-finals of the 1995 Virginia High School League tournament for Group AAA teams. Six then coached boys basketball at Gloucester High School from 1995 to 1997. After returning to the girls basketball team at Hampton in 1998, Six remained at Hampton High until 2008. As their coach, Six and Hampton High won the Group AAA championship in girls basketball during 2001 and 2007.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2024 | Hampton |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 264–188 (.584) |
With the Hampton Pirates, Six won the MEAC women's basketball tournament six times between 2010 and 2017. Leading up to 2023, the team were quarter-finalists at the Big South Conference women's basketball tournament twice and the Coastal Athletic Association women's basketball tournament. Six has reached the first round of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament six times and the second round of the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament. In 2018, Six beat the record for most women's basketball wins for Hampton University. He was awarded the Kay Yow Award in 2014 and the USBWA Most Courageous Award in 2019. With 264 wins and 188 losses, Six left Hampton in 2024.