Rocco J. Carzo | |
Birth Date: | 1932 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1950–1953 |
Player Team2: | Delaware |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1955 |
Coach Team2: | Salesianum School (DE) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1956–1959 |
Coach Team3: | Delaware (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1960–1965 |
Coach Team4: | California (backfield) |
Coach Years5: | 1966–1973 |
Coach Team5: | Tufts |
Coach Sport6: | Lacrosse |
Coach Years7: | 1958–1959 |
Coach Team7: | Delaware |
Admin Years1: | 1973–1999 |
Admin Team1: | Tufts |
Overall Record: | 22–41–1 (football) 10–10 (lacrosse) |
Rocco J. "Rocky" Carzo (1932 – January 16, 2022) was an American college football and college lacrosse coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tufts University from 1966 to 1973, compiling a record of 22–41–1. A native of Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, Carzo played football as a fullback at the University of Delaware from 1950 to 1953. He was also the head lacrosse coach at Delaware from 1958 to 1959, tallying a mark of 10–10.[1] [2] Carzo was the athletic director at Tufts from 1973 to 1999.
Carzo died on January 16, 2022, at the age of 89.[3]