Vic Fusia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vic Fusia
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	November 21, 1916 Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Died	January 18, 1991 (aged 77) 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 (November 21, 1916 – 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.

Head coaching record

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

References

External links

Vic Fusia at the College Football Data Warehouse

UMass Aggies / Redmen / Minutemen head football coaches

No coach (1879–1897)
David F. Weeks (1898)
Fred W. Murphy (1899–1900)
James Halligan (1901–1903)
Matthew Bullock (1904)
Walter Craig (1905)
George E. O'Hearn (1906)
Matthew Bullock (1907–1908)
J. W. Gage (1909)
Willard Gildersleeve (1910)
Jack Hubbard (1911)
Arthur Brides (1912–1915)
George Melican (1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Harold Gore (1919–1927)
Charles McGeoch (1928–1930)
Mel Taube (1931–1935)
Elbert Caraway (1936–1940)
Walter Hargesheimer (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Thomas Eck (1945)
Walter Hargesheimer (1946)
Thomas Eck (1947–1951)
Charlie O'Rourke (1952–1959)
Chuck Studley (1960)
Vic Fusia (1961–1970)
Dick MacPherson (1971–1977)
Bob Pickett (1978–1983)
Bob Stull (1984–1985)
Jim Reid (1986–1991)
Mike Hodges (1992–1997)
Mark Whipple (1998–2003)
Don Brown (2004–2008)
Kevin Morris (2009–2011)
Charley Molnar (2012–2013)
Mark Whipple (2014– )

Persondata
Name	Fusia, Vic
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	1915
Place of birth	Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Date of death	January 18, 1991
Place of death	Amherst, Massachusetts

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.