Louis F. Zarza | |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1909 |
Birth Place: | Groveton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1932–1935 |
Player Team1: | Michigan State |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Years1: | 1936 |
Coach Team1: | St. Viator (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1937 |
Coach Team2: | St. Viator |
Coach Years3: | 1938 |
Coach Team3: | Washington HS (IN) |
Coach Years4: | 1939–1942 |
Coach Team4: | Arizona (line) |
Coach Years5: | 1943 |
Coach Team5: | Norman NAS (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1946 |
Coach Team6: | Michigan State (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1947 |
Coach Team7: | Santa Clara (line) |
Coach Years8: | 1948 |
Coach Team8: | Detroit Lions (line) |
Coach Years9: | 1949–1954 |
Coach Team9: | Wayne State (MI) |
Overall Record: | 26–31–3 (college) |
Louis F. Zarza (August 15, 1909 – April 13, 1990) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach St. Viator College Bourbonnais, Illinois in 1927 and at Wayne University—now known as Wayne State University—in Detroit, Michigan from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–31–3. Zarza went to Wayne after working for one season as the line coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).[2]