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]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 24, 1947 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1966–1968 | Harvard |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1969–1972 | Middlesex School (MA) |
| 1973–1977 | Bates |
| 1978–1984 | Tufts |
| 1985–1989 | Davidson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 55–89–4 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Head coaching record edit
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Bobcats (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1973–1977) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Bates | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1974 | Bates | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1975 | Bates | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1976 | Bates | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1977 | Bates | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| Bates: | 14–26–1 | ||||||||
| Tufts Jumbos (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (1978–1984) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Tufts | 5–3 | 4–3 | ||||||
| 1979 | Tufts | 8–0 | 7–0 | ||||||
| 1980 | Tufts | 6–2 | 6–2 | ||||||
| 1981 | Tufts | 5–2–1 | 5–2–1 | ||||||
| 1982 | Tufts | 6–2 | 6–2 | ||||||
| 1983 | Tufts | 4–3–1 | 4–3–1 | ||||||
| 1984 | Tufts | 0–7–1 | 0–6–1 | ||||||
| Tufts: | 34–19–3 | 32–18–3 | |||||||
| Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1985–1986) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Davidson | 1–10 | 0–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1986 | Davidson | 0–9 | 0–6 | T–8th | |||||
| Davidson Wildcats (Patriot League) (1987–1988) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Davidson | 1–10 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1988 | Davidson | 0–10 | 0–4 | 6th | |||||
| Davidson Wildcats (NCAA Division III Independent) (1989) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Davidson | 2–8 | |||||||
| Davidson: | 4–47 | 0–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 52–93–4 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "New head coach Vic Gatto excited about Bates football". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. March 31, 1973. p. 25. Retrieved September 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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