John Coatta

American football player

1929 – 2000

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Who was John Coatta?

John Coatta was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the Wisconsin Badgers from 1967 to 1969 and at Mankato State College, now Minnesota State University, Mankato, from 1970 to 1975, compiling a career college football record of 38–50–3. Coatta played quarterback at Wisconsin from 1949 to 1951 and in 1950, he set the Big Ten Conference season pass completion percentage record, a mark that he held until 1976.

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Born
Apr 5, 1929
Dearborn
Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
Died
Dec 26, 2000
Minnetonka

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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