Carmen Louis "Carm" Cozza (June 10, 1930 – January 4, 2018) was an

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and

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player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1965 to 1996, winning ten

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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

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as a coach in 2002.

Biography

Cozza, the son of Italian immigrants, played

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under coaches

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and

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, graduating from Miami in 1952. He was teammates with

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. While at

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he was a member of

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International Fraternity. He also played baseball at Miami, and later played for minor league affiliates of the

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and

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. Cozza was an assistant football coach at Miami from 1956 to 1962 under his fellow Miami alumnus and former teammate,

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. 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

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. Cozza died on January 4, 2018, age 87.

Head coaching record

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Cradle of Coaches Archive: A Legacy of Excellence - Carm Cozza
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Biography

Head coaching record

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