[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E407]
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                 CARM COZZA COACHES FINAL GAME AT YALE

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 1997

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker: On November 16, 1996, coach Carmen Cozza 
will coach his final home football game at Yale University against the 
Princeton Tigers. This day will be proclaimed Carm Cozza's Day in 
recognition of the contributions he has made to Yale University and the 
game of football. I am very pleased to rise today to honor Carm and to 
recognize his great coaching accomplishments.
  Carm has followed in the footsteps of another great coach and player. 
Walter Camp is both the father and founder of American football and was 
the first Yale University football coach. Carm has the impressive 
distinction of surpassing Walter Camp's win total at Yale in 1976. 
Carm's record speaks for itself. Under his leadership, the Yale 
Bulldogs won the Ivy League in 1967-69, 1974, 1976-77, 1979-81, and 
1989. Indeed his achievements have brought him some well-deserved 
recognition. He was named the winner of the 1995 George C. Carens Award 
by the New England Football Writers Association for his outstanding 
contributions to New England football. He also won the 1992 
Distinguished American Award by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. 
Carm has distinguished himself by becoming the coach with the most wins 
in Ivy League history.
  However, all of Carm's wins do not say as much about him as the 
wonderful feelings and memories his former players and colleagues have 
for him. Everyone who has known or worked with Carm remarks about his 
integrity, his class, and his respect for and love of the game. What is 
most indicative of Carm's tenure are the things that he is most proud 
of. Carm boasts that 99 percent of his players have graduated and he 
likes to claim that he is the best premed, prelaw coach in the country. 
He truly cares about his players and is as proud of their academic 
achievements as he is of their athletic accomplishments. Carm imparts a 
reverence for the game, a sense of discipline, and the meaning of 
sportsmanship to all the players he works with. These are his legacies 
to the Yale University football team.
  I am proud to join Carm's family, his wife Jean, his colleagues and 
his past and present players in saluting a lifetime of great coaching. 
Carm's vision, leadership, and enormous talent are his parting gifts to 
Yale and to the game of football. Yale has been truly blessed during 
his time there with a coach who cares deeply for the game and all those 
who play it. I wish Carm and enjoyable retirement and the very best 
during his final games at Yale. He will be greatly missed.

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