John Palermo (born March 26, 1952) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach and former player. He attended

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, began his

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

career at Wesley College in Delaware before transferring to

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. He served as the head football coach at

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in 1990, compiling a record of 0–11.

Head coaching record

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