Louis F. Zarza
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1909–1990)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Louis F. Zarza
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|8|15}}
| birth_place = Groveton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|4|13|1909|8|15}}
| death_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1932–1935
| player_team1 = Michigan State
| player_positions = End
| coach_years1 = 1936
| coach_team1 = St. Viator (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1937
| coach_team2 = St. Viator
| coach_years3 = 1938
| coach_team3 = Washington HS (IN)
| coach_years4 = 1939–1942
| coach_team4 = Arizona (line)
| coach_years5 = 1943
| coach_team5 = Norman NAS (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1946
| coach_team6 = Michigan State (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1947
| coach_team7 = Santa Clara (line)
| coach_years8 = 1948
| coach_team8 = Detroit Lions (line)
| coach_years9 = 1949–1954
| coach_team9 = Wayne
| overall_record = 26–31–3 (college)
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Louis F. Zarza (August 15, 1909 – April 13, 1990) was an American football player and coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/coach/zarz00200coach.html|title=Louis F. Zarza|publisher=Pro Football Archives|access-date=July 10, 2018}} He served as the head football coach St. Viator College Bourbonnais, Illinois in 1927 and at Wayne University—now known as Wayne State University—in Detroit, Michigan from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–31–3. Zarza went to Wayne after working for one season as the line coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=https://pro-football-history.com/coach/2966/lou-zarza-bio|title=Louis Zarza|publisher=Pro Football History|access-date=July 10, 2018}}
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = St. Viator Irish
| conf = Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = St. Viator
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 2–0–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = St. Viator
| overall = 6–2–1
| confrecord = 2–0–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wayne Tartars
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1954
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Wayne
| overall = 3–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Wayne
| overall = 2–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Wayne
| overall = 5–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Wayne
| overall = 4–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Wayne
| overall = 3–4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Wayne
| overall = 3–5–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wayne
| overall = 20–29–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 26–31–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
}}
References
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{{St. Viator Irish football coach navbox}}
{{Wayne State Warriors football coach navbox}}
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