Education
Costa attended Ellwood City High School (Wolverines) in Pennsylvania, and was a four year letterman in football.
Costa attended Ellwood City High School (Wolverines) in Pennsylvania, and was a four year letterman in football.
He was named the Team M.V.P. as a senior. Costa ended his Canadian Football League career with Calgary. Upon retirement from pro football, Dave attended and graduated from The Center of Emergency Medicine and is a Nationally registered Paramedic.
Costa was employed by the City of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Department of Public Safety, Emergency Medical Services, where he held the position of Paramedic.
Costa recently accepted a position of Firefighter with the City of Pittsburgh Fire Bureau.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin (Badgers), (where Costa was a member of 2 Rose bowl winning teams), Costa had played for San Francisco 49ers (2001–2002) and attended camp with Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers.