Joe Avezzano (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Joe Avezzano (born November 17, 1943, Yonkers, New York) is a former special teams coach in the National Football League and a former college football coach. He also was an American college and professional football player. He played college football at Florida State University, where he was a center. He was drafted and played professionally in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1966. Joe wore #50 and played in 3 regular season games for the Boston Patriots in 3 games during the 1966 AFL Season. Avezzano began his coaching career at Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, and then coached at Florida State, his alma mater, in 1968 and at Iowa State from 1969-1972. He was offensive line coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1973-1976, helping the 1976 Panthers to the national championship. From 1977-1979, he was the offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee.