Carmen Cozza

Carmen Louis "Carm" Cozza (June 10, 1930 – January 4, 2018) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy League championships and compiling a record of 179–119–5. Cozza was named UPI New England Coach of the Year four times and Eastern Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002.

Carmen Cozza
Biographical details
Born(1930-06-10)June 10, 1930
Parma, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2018(2018-01-04) (aged 87)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1949–1951Miami (OH)
Baseball
1950–1952Miami (OH)
1952Fargo-Moorhead Twins
1952Cedar Rapids Indians
1953Superior Blues
Position(s)Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1956–1962Miami (OH) (assistant)
1963–1964Yale (assistant)
1965–1996Yale
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1976–1977Yale
Head coaching record
Overall179–119–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
10 Ivy League (1967–1969, 1974, 1976–1977, 1979–1981, 1989)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2002 (profile)

Biography

Cozza, the son of Italian immigrants, played quarterback at Miami University under coaches Ara Parseghian and Woody Hayes, graduating from Miami in 1952. He was teammates with Bo Schembechler.[1] While at Miami he was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. He also played baseball at Miami, and later played for minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. Cozza was an assistant football coach at Miami from 1956 to 1962 under his fellow Miami alumnus and former teammate, John Pont. When Pont was named head coach at Yale in 1963, Cozza accompanied him there. Cozza became head coach at Yale in 1965 after Pont accepted the head coaching job at Indiana University.

Cozza died on January 4, 2018, age 87.[2]

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1965–1996)
1965 Yale 3–63–45th
1966 Yale 4–53–45th
1967 Yale 8–17–01st
1968 Yale 8–0–16–0–11st
1969 Yale 7–26–1T–1st
1970 Yale 7–25–2T–2nd
1971 Yale 4–53–4T–5th
1972 Yale 7–25–22nd
1973 Yale 6–35–2T–2nd
1974 Yale 8–16–1T–1st
1975 Yale 7–25–23rd
1976 Yale 8–16–1T–1st
1977 Yale 7–26–11st
1978 Yale 5–2–24–1–23rd
1979 Yale 8–16–11st
1980 Yale 8–26–11st
1981 Yale 9–16–1T–1st
1982 Yale 4–63–4T–4th
1983 Yale 1–91–68th
1984 Yale 6–35–2T–2nd
1985 Yale 4–4–13–3–15th
1986 Yale 3–72–5T–6th
1987 Yale 7–35–2T–2nd
1988 Yale 3–6–13–3–15th
1989 Yale 8–26–1T–1st
1990 Yale 6–45–23rd
1991 Yale 6–44–3T–4th
1992 Yale 4–62–5T–6th
1993 Yale 3–72–5T–6th
1994 Yale 5–53–4T–4th
1995 Yale 3–72–5T–6th
1996 Yale 2–81–68th
Yale: 179–119–5135–84–5
Total:179–119–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

References
  1. Cozza, Carm; Odermatt, Rick (January 1999). True Blue: The Carm Cozza Story. ISBN 0300080999.
  2. Altavilla, John (January 4, 2018). "Former Yale Coach Carm Cozza Dies At Age 87; Led Bulldogs For 31 Seasons". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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