| Joe Restic | |
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| Date of birth | July 21, 1927 |
| Place of birth | Hastings, Pennsylvania |
| Position(s) | End Coach |
| College | Villanova |
| Career record | 139-114-9 |
| Stats | |
| Playing stats | Pro Football Reference |
| Playing stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Team(s) as a player | |
| 1952-1953 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1956-1958 1959-1961 1962-1967 1968-1970 1971-1993 |
Brown University Colgate University Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) (HC) Harvard University (HC) |
Joseph William Restic (born July 21, 1927 in Hastings, Pennsylvania) is a former American football coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and the Harvard Crimson of U.S. college football.
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Playing career
Restic played college football at Villanova University and graduated in 1952.
He played two seasons as a wide receiver and defensive back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Coaching career
From 1956 to 1958, he served as an assistant coach at Brown University. He was an assistant coach at Colgate University from 1959-1961.
He went to Hamilton in 1962, where he served as an assistant coach and later offensive coordinator. In 1968, he became the fourth head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, replacing Ralph Sazio. As head coach, he posted a 22-17-3 record.
On January 5, 1971, he became the third head coach of Harvard. He was head coach for 23 years amassing a record of 117-97-6. He led Harvard to five Ivy League championships. When he retired in 1993, the 23 years that he coached at Harvard was the longest tenure in the school's 124 year football history.
In 1981 a group of seniors from the Harvard football team circulated a petition criticizing Restic's distant demeanor and his tendency to criticize his players in public. The petition became public and caused strain between Restic and the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper, for the rest of his tenure.
Restic served as president of the American Football Coaches Association in 1988.
Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Harvard (Ivy League) (1971–1993) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Harvard | 5-4 | 4-3 | 4th | |||||
| 1972 | Harvard | 4-4-1 | 3-3-1 | 5th | |||||
| 1973 | Harvard | 7-2 | 5-2 | 2nd-t | |||||
| 1974 | Harvard | 7-2 | 6-1 | 1st-t | |||||
| 1975 | Harvard | 7-2 | 6-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1976 | Harvard | 6-3 | 4-3 | 3rd-t | |||||
| 1977 | Harvard | 4-5 | 4-3 | 3rd-t | |||||
| 1978 | Harvard | 4-4-1 | 2-4-1 | 5th-t | |||||
| 1979 | Harvard | 3-6 | 3-4 | 6th | |||||
| 1980 | Harvard | 7-3 | 4-3 | 3rd-t | |||||
| 1981 | Harvard | 5-4-1 | 4-2-1 | 3rd-t | |||||
| 1982 | Harvard | 7-3 | 5-2 | 1st-t | |||||
| 1983 | Harvard | 6-2-2 | 5-1-1 | 1st-t | |||||
| 1984 | Harvard | 5-4 | 5-2 | 2nd-t | |||||
| 1985 | Harvard | 7-3 | 5-2 | 2nd-t | |||||
| 1986 | Harvard | 3-7 | 3-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1987 | Harvard | 8-2 | 6-1 | 1st | |||||
| 1988 | Harvard | 2-8 | 2-5 | 7th-t | |||||
| 1989 | Harvard | 5-5 | 5-2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1990 | Harvard | 5-5 | 3-4 | 4th-t | |||||
| 1991 | Harvard | 4-5-1 | 4-3 | 3rd-t | |||||
| 1992 | Harvard | 3-7 | 3-4 | 5th | |||||
| 1993 | Harvard | 3-7 | 1-6 | 7th-t | |||||
| Harvard: | 117-97-6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 117-97-6 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
References
External links
- Robert, Decherd (1971-06-17). "Restic Assures Novelty, If Nothing Else". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=356473. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- "Joe Restic (Biography)". American Football Coaches Association. http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=639589. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
| Preceded by Ralph Sazio |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Head Coaches 1968–1970 |
Succeeded by Al Dorow |
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