Blaise Faggiano

{{Short description|American football player and coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Blaise Faggiano

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Utica

| current_conference = Empire 8

| current_record = 90–79

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| player_years1 = 1989–1992

| player_team1 = Ithaca

| coach_years1 = 1993–1994

| coach_team1 = Albany (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1995–1996

| coach_team2 = Ithaca (DC)

| coach_years3 = 1999–2007

| coach_team3 = St. John Fisher (DC)

| coach_years4 = 2008–present

| coach_team4 = Utica

| overall_record = 90–79

| bowl_record = 2–3

| tournament_record = 1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)

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Blaise Faggiano is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Utica University, a position he has held since 2008.

Faggiano graduated from Ithaca College and was a member of the football team. In 1991 they won the NCAA Division III Football Championship. After Ithaca, Faggiano became a graduate assistant coach at the University at Albany. He then returned to Ithaca in 1995 to coach football.{{cite news|url=http://www.utica.edu/ucpioneers/directory.cfm?action=details&id=113|title=Blaise Faggiano|publisher=Utica|accessdate=February 27, 2010}}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Utica Pioneers

| conf = Empire 8

| startyear = 2008

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| championship =

| year = 2008

| name = Utica

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = 5th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2009

| name = Utica

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 0–5

| confstanding = 6th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 2010

| name = Utica

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 0–5

| confstanding = 5th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2011

| name = Utica

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = T–5th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2012

| name = Utica

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 2013

| name = Utica

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 1–6

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2014

| name = Utica

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = North Central

| bowloutcome = L

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2015

| name = Utica

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 3–5

| confstanding = T–6th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2016

| name = Utica

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 5–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname = James Lynah

| bowloutcome = L

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2017

| name = Utica

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = T–5th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2018

| name = Utica

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = Scotty Whitelaw

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2019

| name = Utica

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = 4th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2020–21

| name = Utica

| overall = 1–1

| conference = 1–1

| confstanding = T–1st

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2021

| name = Utica

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname = Scotty Whitelaw

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2022

| name = Utica

| overall = 10–2

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname = NCAA Division III Second Round

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 22

| ranking2 = 20

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2023

| name = Utica

| overall = 9–2

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname = Clayton Chapman

| bowloutcome = W

| bcsbowl =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2024

| name = Utica

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 3–4

| confstanding = 5th

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| championship =

| year = 2025

| name = Utica

| overall = 0–0

| conference = 0–0

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Utica

| overall = 90–79

| confrecord = 47–61

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 90–79

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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