Carmen Cozza

Carmen Cozza

Biographical details
Born	(1930-06-10)June 10, 1930 Parma, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 4, 2018(2018-01-04) (aged 87) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1949–1951	Miami (OH)
Baseball
1950–1952	Miami (OH)
1952	Fargo-Moorhead Twins
1952	Cedar Rapids Indians
1953	Superior Blues
Position(s)	Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1956–1962	Miami (OH) (assistant)
1963–1964	Yale (assistant)
1965–1996	Yale
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1976–1977	Yale
Head coaching record
Overall	179–119–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
10 Ivy League (1967–1969, 1974, 1976–1977, 1979–1981, 1989)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2002 (profile)

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.

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. 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Yale Bulldogs (Ivy League) (1965–1996)
1965	Yale	3–6	3–4	5th
1966	Yale	4–5	3–4	5th
1967	Yale	8–1	7–0	1st
1968	Yale	8–0–1	6–0–1	1st
1969	Yale	7–2	6–1	T–1st
1970	Yale	7–2	5–2	T–2nd
1971	Yale	4–5	3–4	T–5th
1972	Yale	7–2	5–2	2nd
1973	Yale	6–3	5–2	T–2nd
1974	Yale	8–1	6–1	T–1st
1975	Yale	7–2	5–2	3rd
1976	Yale	8–1	6–1	T–1st
1977	Yale	7–2	6–1	1st
1978	Yale	5–2–2	4–1–2	3rd
1979	Yale	8–1	6–1	1st
1980	Yale	8–2	6–1	1st
1981	Yale	9–1	6–1	T–1st
1982	Yale	4–6	3–4	T–4th
1983	Yale	1–9	1–6	8th
1984	Yale	6–3	5–2	T–2nd
1985	Yale	4–4–1	3–3–1	5th
1986	Yale	3–7	2–5	T–6th
1987	Yale	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
1988	Yale	3–6–1	3–3–1	5th
1989	Yale	8–2	6–1	T–1st
1990	Yale	6–4	5–2	3rd
1991	Yale	6–4	4–3	T–4th
1992	Yale	4–6	2–5	T–6th
1993	Yale	3–7	2–5	T–6th
1994	Yale	5–5	3–4	T–4th
1995	Yale	3–7	2–5	T–6th
1996	Yale	2–8	1–6	8th
Yale:		179–119–5	135–84–5
Total:		179–119–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

• 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game

External links

• Carmen Cozza at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Cradle of Coaches Archive: A Legacy of Excellence - Carm Cozza, Miami University Libraries