Vic Fusia
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1913–1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Vic Fusia
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|11|13}}
| birth_place = Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|18|1913|11|13}}
| death_place = Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1934–1937
| player_team1 = Manhattan
| player_years2 = 1942
| player_team2 = Jacksonville NAS
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1948–1950
| coach_team1 = Indiana HS (PA)
| coach_years2 = 1951–1954
| coach_team2 = Brown (backfield)
| coach_years3 = 1955–1960
| coach_team3 = Pittsburgh (backfield)
| coach_years4 = 1961–1970
| coach_team4 = UMass
| overall_record = 59–32–2 (college)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = 5 Yankee (1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1969)
| awards = New England Coach of the Year (1964)
| coaching_records =
}}
Victor H. Fusia (November 13, 1913 – January 18, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1961 to 1970. He compiled a 59–32–2 overall record and won five Yankee Conference championships.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Fusia was a 1938 graduate of Manhattan College and a Navy veteran of World War II. He coached five years in the Pennsylvania high school system in the 1950s and was an assistant coach at Brown and the Pittsburgh before becoming the head coach at Massachusetts. He resigned after the 1970 season to become the school's staff associate in charge of sports promotion.{{cite news |last1=Monahan |first1=Bob |title=Fusia and Catuzzi resign as UMass, Williams' coaches |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 9, 1970}} He remained with the school until his retirement in 1982. Fusia died of a heart attack on January 18, 1991.{{cite news |author= |title=Vic Fusia, 77; coached football at UMass-Amherst, 1961-1970 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78950791/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=January 21, 1991 |page=17 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UMass Redmen
| conf = Yankee Conference
| startyear = 1961
| endyear = 1970
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = UMass
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = UMass
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = UMass
| overall = 8–0–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1964
| name = UMass
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Tangerine
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = UMass
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1966
| name = UMass
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1967
| name = UMass
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = UMass
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1969
| name = UMass
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = UMass
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference = 3–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UMass
| overall = 59–32–2
| confrecord = 41–7–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 59–32–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|203223098}}
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Category:American football halfbacks
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Category:High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from Amherst, Massachusetts
Category:People from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Category:Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania
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