Vic Gatto | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1947 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1966–1968 |
Player Team2: | Harvard |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1969–1972 |
Coach Team2: | Middlesex School (MA) |
Coach Years3: | 1973–1977 |
Coach Team3: | Bates |
Coach Years4: | 1978–1984 |
Coach Team4: | Tufts |
Coach Years5: | 1985–1989 |
Coach Team5: | Davidson |
Overall Record: | 55–89–4 (college football) |
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Victor Emmanuel Gatto (born April 24, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bates College (1973–1977), Tufts University (1978–1984), and Davidson College (1985–1989), compiling a career college football record of 52–92–4. Gatto played college football as a halfback at Harvard University from 1966 to 1968. He won the Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award in 1968 and was the team captain in the legendary "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" game and appears in the 2008 documentary film about this game. Prior to being hired at Bates, Gatto coached football, baseball, and lacrosse at the Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts.[1]