| Babe Caccia | |
| Sport: | Football, baseball, wrestling --> |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Idaho, 1941 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1936–1937 |
| Player Team2: | Idaho–Southern Branch |
| Player Positions: | Center, linebacker |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team2: | Pocatello Cross HS (ID) (line) |
| Coach Years3: | 1948–1951 |
| Coach Team3: | Idaho State (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1952–1965 |
| Coach Team4: | Idaho State |
| Coach Years5: | 1976 |
| Coach Team5: | Edmonton Eskimos (line) |
| Admin Years1: | 1965–1979 |
| Admin Team1: | Idaho State (assistant AD) |
| Admin Years2: | 1979–1986 |
| Admin Team2: | Idaho State |
| Overall Record: | 79–38–2 (college football) |
| Championships: | Football 5 RMC (1952–1953, 1955, 1957, 1959) 1 Big Sky (1963) |
Italo John "Babe" Caccia (October 3, 1917 – August 28, 2009) was an American college football and athletics administrator in Idaho.
Caccia was born in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1917. He played on the football teams of Idaho State University (ISU)—then known as Idaho–Southern Branch—in Pocatello in 1936 and 1937.[1] He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1941, then served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Caccia served as the head football coach at ISU from 1953 to 1965, compiling a record of, then became assistant athletic director.[2] [3] [4] ISU football teams won six conference championships in the 14 seasons that Caccia was head coach. He later was the athletic director at ISU, from 1979 to 1986.
Caccia was inducted to the ISU athletic hall of fame in 1961.[5] He died in Pocatello at age 91 in 2009.[6]