Mick Caba
{{short description|American football coach (born 1950)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mick Caba
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|2|16}}
| birth_place = Trenton, Michigan, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Georgetown College (1973)
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1968
| player_team2 = Bowling Green
| player_years3 = 1969–1972
| player_team3 = Georgetown (KY)
| player_positions =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1973
| coach_team2 = Litchfield HS (KY)
| coach_years3 = 1974–1976
| coach_team3 = Grayson County HS (KY)
| coach_years4 = 1977
| coach_team4 = Mason HS (MI)
| coach_years5 = 1978
| coach_team5 = Whitmore Lake HS (MI)
| coach_years6 = 1979
| coach_team6 = Kalamazoo (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1980
| coach_team7 = Hartford HS (MI)
| coach_years8 = 1981–1984
| coach_team8 = Inver Hills
| coach_years9 = 1985–1988
| coach_team9 = Iowa Wesleyan
| coach_years10 = 1989–1990
| coach_team10 = Oklahoma Panhandle State
| coach_years11 = 1991–1992
| coach_team11 = Minnesota–Morris
| coach_years12 = 1993–1996
| coach_team12 = Magoffin County HS (KY)
| coach_years13 = 1997–1998
| coach_team13 = William Penn
| coach_years14 = 2000–2014
| coach_team14 = Alfred State
| coach_sport15 = Baseball
| coach_years16 = 1978
| coach_team16 = Whitmore Lake HS (MI)
| coach_sport17 = Men's basketball
| coach_years18 = 1984
| coach_team18 = Inver Hills
| coach_sport19 = Women's basketball
| coach_years20 = 1984
| coach_team20 = Inver Hills
| coach_years21 = ?–1988
| coach_team21 = Iowa Wesleyan
| admin_years1 = 1980
| admin_team1 = Hartford HS (MI)
| admin_years2 = 1985–1988
| admin_team2 = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall_record = 22–173 (college football)
66–87 (junior college football)
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| awards = Northeast Football Conference Coach of the Year (2005)
NJCAA Football Hall of Fame (2012)
Oscar A Carlson High School Hall of Fame (2015)
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James "Mick" Caba (born February 16, 1950) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for Litchfield High School in 1973,{{Cite news |last=Payton |first=Richard |date=August 29, 1974 |title=Coach Caba optimistic about prospects of Cougars first football season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leitchfield-gazette-coach-caba-optim/158186731/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Leitchfield Gazette |pages=11}} Grayson County High School from 1974 to 1976,{{Cite news |last=Payton |first=Richard |date=September 13, 1973 |title=Football reborn here, first game Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leitchfield-gazette-football-reborn/158186365/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Leitchfield Gazette |pages=1}} Mason High School in 1977, Whitmore Lake High School in 1978,{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Rachel |date=September 14, 1978 |title=Allenotes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/grayson-county-news-gazette-allenotes/158186121/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=Grayson County News-Gazette |pages=5}} Hartford High School in 1980,{{Cite news |date=August 20, 1980 |title=Hartford Is Optimistic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-palladium-hartford-is-optimis/158185853/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Herald-Palladium |pages=23}} Inver Hills Community College from 1981 to 1984,{{Cite news |date=March 25, 1981 |title=Hartford Coach Leaving |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-palladium-hartford-coach-leav/158185377/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Herald-Palladium |pages=19}} Iowa Wesleyan University from 1985 to 1988,{{Cite news |date=April 18, 1985 |title=Iowa Wesleyan coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/globe-gazette-iowa-wesleyan-coach/158188269/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=Globe-Gazette |pages=15}}{{Cite news |date=April 20, 1985 |title=Caba fills Wesleyan posts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil-caba-fills-wesleyan/158188311/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Daily Nonpareil |pages=17}} Oklahoma Panhandle State University from 1989 to 1990,{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Murray |date=August 28, 1989 |title=Panhandle's Success Still a Season Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-panhandles-success/158188553/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |pages=13}} the University of Minnesota Morris from 1991 to 1992, Magoffin County High School from 1993 to 1996,{{Cite news |date=January 17, 1997 |title=Cabas relocating |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-cabas-relocating/158188798/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |pages=30}} William Penn University from 1997 to 1998, and Alfred State College from 2000 to 2014.{{cite web |date=January 26, 2015 |title=Caba Set to Retire at the End of February |url=http://www.alfredstateathletics.com/sports/fball/2014-15/releases/20150126tl8n4d |access-date=January 17, 2018 |publisher=alfredstateathletics.com}} He helped guide Alfred State from junior college status from 2000 to 2011 up to NCAA Division III competition from 2012 to 2014. He was inducted into the NJCAA Football Hall of Fame in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.graysonrecord.com/content/caba-headed-15th-season-alfred-state|title=Caba headed into 15th season at Alfred State|date=April 8, 2014|work=Grayson Record|access-date=January 17, 2018}} He also coached for Kalamazoo. He played college football for Bowling Green and Georgetown (KY).{{Cite news |date=March 31, 1981 |title=College notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/41997223/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=Star Tribune |pages=31}}
Head coaching record
=College football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Iowa Wesleyan Tigers
| conf = NAIA Division II independent
| startyear = 1985
| endyear = 1988
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall = 2–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall = 4–7
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall = 0–10
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Iowa Wesleyan
| overall = 9–31
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies
| conf = NAIA Division II independent
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1990
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Oklahoma Panhandle State
| overall = 1–10
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Oklahoma Panhandle State
| overall = 1–9
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oklahoma Panhandle State
| overall = 2–19
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Minnesota–Morris Cougars
| conf = Northern Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1991
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Minnesota–Morris
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Minnesota–Morris
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Minnesota–Morris
| overall = 3–19
| confrecord = 1–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = William Penn Statesmen
| conf = Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 1998
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = William Penn
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 9th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = William Penn
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 1–9
| confstanding = 10th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = William Penn
| overall = 2–18
| confrecord = 1–17
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Alfred State Pioneers
| conf = NCAA Division III independent
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2014
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 1–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 3–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 2–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 6–16
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 22–103
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
=Junior college football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Inver Hills Blue Knights
| startyear = 1981
| endyear = 1984
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Inver Hills
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = 6th (Southern)
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Inver Hills
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = (Southern)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Inver Hills
| overall = 0–7
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th (Central)
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1984
| name = Inver Hills
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
| confstanding = (Central)
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Inver Hills
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Alfred State Pioneers
| conf = Northeast Football Conference
| startyear = 2000
| endyear = 2010
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Alfred State Pioneers
| conf = NJCAA independent
| startyear = 2011
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Alfred State
| overall = 54–65
| confrecord = 14–50
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 66–87
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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{{Iowa Wesleyan Tigers football coach navbox}}
{{Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies football coach navbox}}
{{Minnesota–Morris Cougars football coach navbox}}
{{William Penn Statesmen football coach navbox}}
{{Alfred State Pioneers football coach navbox}}
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