Dave Corzine

Dave Corzine

Personal information
Born	(1956-04-25) April 25, 1956 Arlington Heights, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	John Hersey (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
College	DePaul (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 1st round, 18th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career	1978–1992
Position	Center
Number	40, 42
Career history
As player:
1978–1980	Washington Bullets
1980–1982	San Antonio Spurs
1982–1989	Chicago Bulls
1989–1990	Orlando Magic
1990–1991	Seattle SuperSonics
1991–1992	Filanto Forlì
As coach:
1995–1996	Chicago Rockers
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American – AP, NABC (1978) Third-team All-American – UPI (1978) No. 40 retired by DePaul Blue Demons (2025)
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,615 (8.5 ppg)
Rebounds	5,262 (5.9 rpg)
Assists	1,477 (1.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

David John Corzine (born April 25, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Biography

A Chicago-area native who went to John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and DePaul University in Chicago, Corzine was the 18th overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. With the Bullets, Corzine participated in the 1979 NBA Finals but they lost in five games to the Seattle SuperSonics. After two years with the Bullets and two more with the San Antonio Spurs, Corzine returned to his hometown to play for the Chicago Bulls for seven seasons, where he started in 285 out of 556 games played for the team.

He was then traded to the Orlando Magic for two second-round picks (which the Chicago Bulls used to select Toni Kukoč and P.J. Brown, respectively) on June 27, 1989. He began the 1989–90 season as the inaugural Orlando Magic's first starting center, but just as early as in a game no.3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers (won by the Magic in overtime giving them 2–1 record) in a first quarter he got serious ligament damage in his left knee, and was subsequently forced to miss a lot of time. He returned to play a few minutes in three late-December games the same year, but hurt the knee again, and never suited up for the team again after that. After the season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics as a Free Agent on October 4, 1990. At the time of his signing, his attorney, Herb Rudoy allegedly said: "Dave is excited, but he's going to get into it slowly. He's looking to play four or five more years in this league." – As it turned out, most likely because of the injuries and lack of playing time, he would only play that one final season to finish his NBA career.

He averaged 8.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.4 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game in the NBA and his best season was arguable with the Chicago Bulls in 1982–83 when he averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, or the 1983–84 NBA season, where he played and started all 82 games and had career-highs in many statistical categories, including steals, assists, blocks, FT%, and 3-PT%.

On November 19, 2024 the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team announced live during a game against Eastern Illinois that Corzine's No. 40 jersey would be retired by the program. Corzine played center for DePaul from 1974-1978 where he continues to hold the record for the most rebounds in franchise history, 1,151. In addition to being ranked fourth for most career points 1,896. His star show is considered to be his participation in the 1978 NCAA Tournament where he scored 46 points against Louisville in the Sweet 16. He would be named a Honorable Mention All-American that same year. The official ceremony will take place prior to a home game against Butler at Wintrust Arena on February 22, 2025.

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1978–79	Washington	59	–	9.0	.534	–	.778	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	3.0
1979–80	Washington	78	–	10.6	.417	–	.662	3.5	0.8	0.1	0.4	2.9
1980–81	San Antonio	82	–	23.9	.490	.000	.714	7.8	1.4	0.5	1.2	10.5
1981–82	San Antonio	82	21	26.7	.519	.250	.746	7.7	1.6	0.4	1.5	10.1
1982–83	Chicago	82	71	30.4	.497	.000	.720	8.7	1.9	0.6	1.3	14.0
1983–84	Chicago	82	82	32.6	.467	.333	.840	7.0	2.5	0.7	1.5	12.2
1984–85	Chicago	82	50	25.1	.486	.000	.745	5.1	1.7	0.4	0.8	8.5
1985–86	Chicago	67	4	25.5	.491	.250	.743	6.5	2.2	0.4	0.8	9.6
1986–87	Chicago	82	39	27.9	.475	.000	.736	6.6	2.5	0.5	1.1	8.3
1987–88	Chicago	80	32	29.1	.481	.111	.752	6.6	1.9	0.5	1.2	10.1
1988–89	Chicago	81	7	18.3	.461	.250	.740	3.9	1.3	0.4	0.6	5.9
1989–90	Orlando	6	3	13.2	.379	–	.000	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.7
1990–91	Seattle	28	0	5.3	.447	–	.591	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.7
Career		891	309	23.3	.484	.189	.747	5.9	1.7	0.4	1.0	8.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1979	Washington	12	–	5.3	.267	–	–	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7
1980	Washington	2	–	4.5	.800	–	1.000	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0
1981	San Antonio	7	–	23.0	.491	–	.692	6.9	2.3	0.6	1.1	9.0
1982	San Antonio	9	–	28.7	.462	–	.706	9.4	1.9	0.7	1.0	13.6
1985	Chicago	4	4	19.3	.667	–	.833	5.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	8.3
1986	Chicago	3	3	34.3	.552	–	1.000	9.0	2.0	0.3	0.7	12.0
1987	Chicago	3	3	40.7	.455	–	.778	7.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	9.0
1988	Chicago	10	10	30.8	.355	–	.538	5.7	0.8	0.3	0.8	6.1
1989	Chicago	16	0	13.7	.422	–	.647	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	4.1
1991	Seattle	2	0	6.0	.667	–	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5
Career		68	20	19.6	.455	–	.707	4.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	6.3