Carmen Cozza

Carmen Cozza

Carmen Louis "Carm" Cozza (born June 10, 1930, Parma, Ohio) was the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy League championships. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. His lifetime record as head coach at Yale is 179-119-5. Cozza was named UPI New England Coach of the Year four times and Eastern Coach of the Year.

Cozza, the son of Italian immigrants, played quarterback at Miami University under coaches Ara Parseghian and Woody Hayes, graduating from Miami in 1952. He also played baseball at Miami, and later played for minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. He became an assistant football coach at Miami from 1956-62 under John Pont. When Pont was named head coach at Yale in 1965, Cozza accompanied him there. Cozza was named head coach at Yale in 1965 after Pont accepted the head coaching job at Indiana University.

External links

* [http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/96_11/cozza.html "Carm's Last Call", Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1996]
* [http://muredhawks.cstv.com/trads/hall-of-fame-1970class.html#Cozza Miami University Hall of Fame profile]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cradle of Coaches — The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for producing star football coaches including Earl Blaik, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Bill Arnsparger, George Little, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gillman, Ara Parseghian, Bo… …   Wikipedia

  • Parma, Ohio — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Parma settlement type = City nickname = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Parma in Ohio mapsize1 = 250px map caption1 = Location of Parma in Cuyahoga County… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Miami University alumni — Government, military, public administration= *Charles Anderson, 27th Governor of Ohio (1865–1866) *Calvin Stewart Brice, Former U.S. Senator, railroad magnate and campaign manager for Grover Cleveland s U.S. presidential campaign against Brice s… …   Wikipedia

  • List of presidents of the American Football Coaches Association — Presidents of the American Football Coaches Association are:*1921 Charles D. Daly United States Military Academy *1922 Charles D. Daly United States Military Academy *1923 John W. Heisman University of Pennsylvania *1924 John W. Heisman Rice… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Delta Tau Delta members — Below is a list of notable members of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Contents 1 Current government officials 2 Former government officials 3 Business and philanthropy 4 Astronau …   Wikipedia

  • Town Team Baseball — is a variety of baseball played in the United States. In Town Team baseball, sometimes also called townball, the teams represent either a given city or town, or a commercial enterprise which sponsors the team. Usually a statewide governing body… …   Wikipedia

  • Mal Stevens — Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born April 14, 1904(1904 04 14) Place of birth …   Wikipedia

  • Ducky Pond — Sport(s) Football, baseball Biographical details Born February 17, 1902(1902 02 17) Place of birth …   Wikipedia

  • Joe Galat — was born in Painesville, Ohio and has extensive experience in professional football as a player, coach, general manager, broadcaster, and youth executive. [http://www.myspace.com/deliveryintercept MySpace.com UPS Delivery Intercept Challenge… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles D. Rafferty — Rafferty, 1921 Biographical details Born August 17, 1879 Place of birth Pittsburgh …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”