Ray Rosso | |
Birth Date: | 1916 |
Birth Place: | Turin, Italy |
Death Place: | Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1938–1939 |
Player Team1: | California |
Coach Years2: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team2: | Chaffey |
Coach Years3: | 1948–1955 |
Coach Team3: | Orange Coast |
Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
Championships: | 3 Eastern Conference (1946–1947, 1951) |
Ray Rosso (1916 – December 1, 2012) was an Italian-born American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California from 1946 to 1947 and Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California from 1948 to 1955. Rossi was born in Turin, in 1916, and later immigrated with his family to Oakland, California. He served as a fighter pilot and flight instructor in the United States Navy during World War II. Rosso played college football at the University of California, Berkeley. Rosso died on December 1, 2012 at his home in Newport Beach, California.[1]