Michael Vendetti

{{Short description|American football, tennis and track and field coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Michael Vendetti

| image =

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| birth_date = c.1932

| birth_place = Leominster, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{Death date|2014|3|20}}

| death_place = Charlton, Massachusetts

| alma_mater = Boston University

| player_years1 =

| player_team1 =

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1959–1962

| coach_team2 = Vermont (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1962–1985

| coach_team3 = Nichols

| coach_sport4 = Tennis

| coach_years5 = 1983–1984

| coach_team5 = Nichols

| coach_sport6 = Track

| coach_years7 = 1963–1986

| coach_team7 = Nichols

| coach_years8 = 1987–1989

| coach_team8 = WPI

| overall_record = 103–83–5 (football)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
5 NEFC (1973–1976, 1978)

| awards = Football
NEFC Coach of Year (1973–1976, 1978)

| coaching_records =

}}

Michael J. Vendetti (c.1932 – March 20, 2014) was an American football, tennis and track and field coach. He was the head football coach at the Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts from 1962 to 1985.{{cite web|url=http://nicholsathletics.com/documents/2014/1/13/Football_Year-by-Year_records.pdf?id=569|title=Nichols Football Records|publisher=Nichols College|access-date=January 19, 2018}}

Vendetti also served as a tennis coach and a track and field coach while at Nichols, as well as serving as a track coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fitchburg/obituary.aspx?pid=170337764|title=Michael J. Vendetti|publisher=legacy.com|access-date=January 19, 2018}}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Nichols Bison

| conf = NCAA College Division independent

| startyear = 1962

| endyear = 1971

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1962

| name = Nichols

| overall = 3–3

| conference =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Nichols

| overall = 0–6

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1964

| name = Nichols

| overall = 4–2–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1965

| name = Nichols

| overall = 6–1

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| confstanding =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1966

| name = Nichols

| overall = 3–3

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1967

| name = Nichols

| overall = 2–5

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1968

| name = Nichols

| overall = 4–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1969

| name = Nichols

| overall = 0–7

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1970

| name = Nichols

| overall = 3–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1971

| name = Nichols

| overall = 4–3–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Nichols Bison

| conf = New England Football Conference

| startyear = 1972

| endyear = 1985

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1972

| name = Nichols

| overall = 5–2–1

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = 4th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1973

| name = Nichols

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 4–0

| confstanding = 1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1974

| name = Nichols

| overall = 7–1–1

| conference = 6–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1975

| name = Nichols

| overall = 6–2

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1976

| name = Nichols

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = 1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1977

| name = Nichols

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = T–5th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1978

| name = Nichols

| overall = 6–2

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–1st

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1979

| name = Nichols

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1980

| name = Nichols

| overall = 3–5–1

| conference = 3–5–1

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1981

| name = Nichols

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 5–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1982

| name = Nichols

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 5–4

| confstanding = 5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1983

| name = Nichols

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1984

| name = Nichols

| overall = 2–7

| conference = 2–7

| confstanding = T–7th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1985

| name = Nichols

| overall = 1–7

| conference = 1–7

| confstanding = 10th

| bowlname =

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Nichols

| overall = 103–83–5

| confrecord = 65–43–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 103–83–5

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References