Westminster College has announced the passing of former head football coach Joe Fusco. The College Football Hall of Fame member won four NAIA Division II national championships in 19 years at Westminster College. Westminster’s head coach from 1972 to 1990.
Fusco led the Titans to four NAIA Division II national championships, winning back-to-back national titles in 1976 and ’77 and 1988 and ’89. The program went a combined 21-1 between the 1976 and ’77 seasons and had the nation’s longest winning streak with 27-consecutive victories between the 1988 and ’89 seasons. Fusco’s 1977 team was honored with the Lambert Trophy, which recognizes supremacy in Eastern college football, after going 11-0, his first undefeated season. He is the College’s career wins leader, totaling a 154-34-3 record
Fusco died Saturday in Farrell at the age of 87.
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