 | Carm Cozza |
A panel on the impact of football on American culture will highlight a two-day event honoring the former head coach of Yale football, Carm Cozza.
Cozza will be given the Robert J.H. Kiphuth Medal at a private dinner on Thursday, sponsored by the Kiphuth Fellowship Fund. The fund was established in 1970 in memory of the renowned Yale swimming coach and athletic director. The Kiphuth Fellowship honors individuals who have distinguished themselves in the fields of physical training, sport, sports writing, physiology, literature and the arts.
Yale's 31st football coach, Cozza led the Bulldogs to 10 Ivy League championships and 19 winning seasons -- making him the University's winningest football coach. He became Yale's head coach in 1965 and retired in 1996 with a career record of 179-119-5. Of all Yale coaches in any sport, only Kiphuth held his post longer, at 42 years.
Cozza has invited seven of his former players and Jack Siedlecki, the current head coach of the Bulldogs, to take part in a panel discussion with him on "The Role of Football in Society -- Past, Present and Future," to be held on Friday, May 30, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 102 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. The event is free and open to the public.
The former Yale football players taking part in the panel will be:
* Dr. Rich Diana '82, who won the Asa A. Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Most Valuable Player in 1981 and went on to play with the Miami Dolphins in the 1983 Super Bowl. He is now an orthopedic surgeon in New Haven.
* Jack Ford '72, a three-year starting defensive back at Yale, who has been a moderator of "Sports Reporters II" on ESPN and was co-anchor of "Weekend Today."
* Chris Hetherington '96, who ranked seventh on the all-time Yale list for career passing yards and is now a member of the Oakland Raiders.
* Calvin Hill '69, an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American at Yale, who was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, earned "NFL Rookie of the Year" in 1969 and played in two Super Bowls.
* Dick Jauron '73, who held the second all-time high at Yale in career rushing yards with 3,555 and is currently head coach of the Chicago Bears.
* Jon Reese '90, a lacrosse and football star at Yale and winner of the 1990 William Nelley Mallory Award at Yale.
* John Spagnola '79, an honorable mention All-American tight end at Yale, who played with the Philadelphia Eagles 1979-1987 and is a game analyst for ABC-TV.
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