David Ripley (born 13 September 1966, Leeds, Yorkshire) is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings. In his 307 first-class games he scored 8693 runs at 28.40 with nine centuries. He attended Royds comprehensive school where he excelled in football also. He played youth cricket for Carlton Cricket Club, and for Leeds Loe Lumb and Yorkshire Colts at representative level, winning his Yorkshire cap at age 14.
Ripley is currently the first team coach at Northamptonshire replacing David Capel in July 2012. In 2013, Ripley led Northants to promotion from County Championship Division 2 and the Friends Life T20. In 2016, Ripley led the County to a second Friends Life T20 success.