| Vic Fusia | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1915 |
| Place of birth | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 18, 1991 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1930s | Manhattan |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1951–1954 1955–1960 1961–1970 |
Brown (backfield) Pittsburgh (backfield) UMass |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 59–32–2 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 5 Yankee (1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1969) | |
| Awards | |
| New England Coach of the Year (1964) | |
Victor "Vic" M. Fusia (1915 – January 18, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1961 to 1970. He compiled an 59–32–2 overall record and won five Yankee Conference championships.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Fusia was a 1938 graduate of Manhattan College and a Navy veteran of World War II. He coached five years in the Pennsylvania high school system in the 1950s and was an assistant coach at Brown and the Pittsburgh before becoming the head coach at Massachusetts.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Redmen (Yankee Conference) (1961–1970) | |||||||||
| 1961 | UMass | 5–4 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1962 | UMass | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1963 | UMass | 8–0–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1964 | UMass | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L Tangerine | ||||
| 1965 | UMass | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1966 | UMass | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1967 | UMass | 7–2 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1968 | UMass | 2–8 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1969 | UMass | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1970 | UMass | 4–5–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| UMass: | 59–32–2 | 41–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 59–32–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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