Joe Zabilski | |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1917 |
Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1938–1940 |
Player Team2: | Boston College |
Player Years3: | 1942 |
Player Team3: | North Carolina Pre-Flight |
Player Positions: | Guard |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team2: | Maine (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1948–1971 |
Coach Team3: | Northeastern |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | ?–1948 |
Coach Team5: | Maine (freshmen) |
Coach Years6: | 1948–1958 |
Coach Team6: | Northeastern |
Coach Sport7: | Track and field |
Coach Years8: | ?–1948 |
Coach Team8: | Maine (freshmen) |
Admin Years1: | 1976–1983 |
Admin Team1: | Northeastern |
Overall Record: | 101–77–6 (football) 82–109 (basketball) |
Joseph P. Zabilski (July 4, 1917 – April 27, 2002)[1] was an American football and basketball and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Northeastern University from 1948 to 1971, compiling a record of 101–77–6. Zabilski was also the head basketball coach at Northeastern from 1948 to 1958, tallying a mark of 82–109.
Zabilski played college football at Boston College from 1938 to 1940. During World War II, he served as an officer in the United States Navy. While in the service, he played on the North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters football team in 1942 coached by Jim Crowley. In 1946, Zabilski was named line coach at the University of Maine under head coach George E. Allen.[2] At Maine, he also coached the freshmen basketball and track and field teams.[3]