Nick Mourouzis | |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1937 |
Birth Place: | Tuscarawas County, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1956–1958 |
Player Team1: | Miami (OH) |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1959–1961 |
Coach Team1: | Ohio (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 1962 |
Coach Team2: | Ball State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1963–1964 |
Coach Team3: | Ohio (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1965–1973 |
Coach Team4: | Indiana (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1974–1980 |
Coach Team5: | Northwestern (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1981–2003 |
Coach Team6: | DePauw |
Overall Record: | 138–87–4 |
Championships: | 2 ICAC (1990, 1996) |
Nick Mourouzis (April 16, 1937 – September 16, 2020)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, from 1981 to 2003, compiling a record of 138–87–4.[2] As a college football player, Mourouzis was a starting quarterback at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.[2]
Nick Mourouzis was born on April 16, 1937,[1] in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He played football and baseball in high school, and was discovered by Ara Parseghian who recruited him to play for Miami University. He graduated from Miami in 1959, and received his master's degree in 1961. In 1971, he received another master's degree from Indiana University.
He served as the head football coach at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, from 1981 to 2003, compiling a record of 133–82–4.[2] In 1996, Mourouzis founded Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society for Student-Athletes.[3]
Mourouzis died from complications of COVID-19 in Greencastle, Indiana, on September 16, 2020, at the age of 83, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana.[1] [4]