Carmen Cozza

Head coach, Yale, 1965 to 1981

College career114-38-3

Program liftNo. 209tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Just 2-3 against John Yovicsin.

One-score games

29-18-3

58.0% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. John Yovicsin2-3-1

6 meetings, 1965–1970

’65 L’66 L’67 W’68 T’69 W’70 L

33% win rate across a real, 6-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

2-5 28.6%

National Program

23-14 62.2%

Regional Program

75-16 82.4%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1965-1981) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least8Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 1 went in the first round.

At least 8 — his 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 8 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1982	R2.26	Jeff Rohrer	Linebacker	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1982	R5.25	Rich Diana	Running Back	Miami Dolphins	Estimated
1982	R6.20	Curt Grieve	Wide Receiver	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated
1973	R4.13	Dick Jauron	Defensive Back	Detroit Lions	Estimated
1973	R6.21	Bob Leyen	Offensive Guard	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1971	R7.01	Don Martin	Defensive Back	Oakland Raiders	Estimated
1969	R1.24	Calvin Hill	Running Back	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1967	R4.04	Robert Greenlee	Defensive Tackle	Miami Dolphins	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.