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David McNamee (born 10 October 1980 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Coventry City.

McNamee, a versatile defender, started his career with Paisley club St Mirren where his impressive performances alerted English Premiership club Blackburn Rovers who signed him 1999.

His £300,000 transfer to England, however, was unsuccessful and in 2002, having failed to make a single first team appearance for the Ewood Park club, he returned to Scotland with Livingston on a free transfer.

He quickly established himself in the Livingston first team and his continuous impressive and consistent performances alerted the attention of the then Scotland national team manager Berti Vogts who rewarded him with his first cap against Estonia in 2004.

He featured again for Scotland just three days later as a late substitute against Trinidad and Tobago.

In the 2004-05 season, he was instrumental in Livingston's battle to avoid relegation which was achieved in the last game of the season.

In 2005-06, however, McNamee's seasons was blighted by injury and he only featured 15 times for Livingston who were eventually relegated from the Scottish Premier League. The season ended in a high for McNamee, however, as he was recalled to the Scotland squad for the Kirin Cup matches against Bulgraia and Japan. McNamee featured as a substitute in both games as Scotland won the trophy after beating Bulgaria 5-1 and drawing 0-0 with hosts Japan.

With Livingston having been relegated from the SPL, and several clubs having confirmed their interest in the player, it was unlikely that McNamee would remain at Livingston, and indeed on 2 June 2006 he signed for Coventry City of the English Championship for a fee of £100,000.