Ray Rosso
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ray Rosso
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1916
| birth_place = Turin, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date|2012|12|1}}
| death_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1938–1939
| player_team1 = California
| player_positions =
| coach_years2 = 1946–1947
| coach_team2 = Chaffey
| coach_years3 = 1948–1955
| coach_team3 = Orange Coast
| overall_record =
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 3 Eastern Conference (1946–1947, 1951)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Ray Rosso (1916 – December 1, 2012) was an Italian-born American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California from 1946 to 1947 and Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California from 1948 to 1955.
Rossi was born in Turin, in 1916, and later immigrated with his family to Oakland, California. He served as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Navy during World War II. Rosso played college football at the University of California, Berkeley. Rosso died on December 1, 2012 at his home in Newport Beach, California.{{cite news |last=Faulkner |first=Barry |title=Ray Rosso beloved figure |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/sports/tn-dpt-1205-ray-rosso-20121204-story.html |newspaper=Daily Pilot |location=Fountain Valley, California |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2024 }}
Head coaching record
=Junior college football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Chaffey Panthers
| conf = Eastern Conference
| startyear = 1948
| endyear = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1946
| name = Chaffey
| overall =
| conference = 4–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1947
| name = Chaffey
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Junior Rose Bowl
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Chaffey
| overall =
| confrecord = 8–1–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Orange Coast Pirates
| conf = Eastern Conference
| startyear = 1948
| endyear = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 3–6–1
| conference = 1–4–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1951
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 0–10
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Orange Coast
| overall = 37–38–3
| confrecord = 23–24–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall =
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Orange Coast College Football 2022 Season Program |url=http://occpublicity.orangecoastcollege.edu/FootballProgram22/ |publisher=Orange Coast College |page=36 |access-date=May 9, 2024 }}
References
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{{Chaffey Panthers football coach navbox}}
{{Orange Coast Pirates football coach navbox}}
{{1937 California Golden Bears football navbox}}
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Category:California Golden Bears football players
Category:Chaffey Panthers football coaches
Category:Orange Coast Pirates football coaches
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from Turin
Category:Coaches of American football from California
Category:Players of American football from Oakland, California