Vic Fusia

Vic Fusia
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1916-11-21)November 21, 1916
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Died January 18, 1991(1991-01-18) (aged 74)
Amherst, Massachusetts
Playing career
1930s Manhattan
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1954 Brown (backfield)
1955–1960 Pittsburgh (backfield)
1961–1970 UMass
Head coaching record
Overall 59–32–2
Bowls 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 Yankee (1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1969)
Awards
New England Coach of the Year (1964)

Victor 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


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