# Joe Fusco

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**Joseph B. Fusco** (February 3, 1938 – February 22, 2025) was an American [college football](/source/College_football) player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at [Westminster College](/source/Westminster_College_(Pennsylvania)) in [New Wilmington, Pennsylvania](/source/New_Wilmington,_Pennsylvania) from 1972 to 1990, compiling a record of 154–34–3. Fusco was inducted into the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) as a coach in 2001.

Fusco had a lifetime association with Westminster College. He was [guard](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football)) on the football team from 1957 to 1959, assistant coach from 1968 to 1971, head coach from 1972 to 1990, and [athletic director](/source/Athletic_director) from 1985 to 1999. His other coaching duties were at [Wilmington Area High School](/source/Wilmington_Area_High_School) and [Grove City Area Area High School](/source/Grove_City_Area_School_District), where he had a 55–14–3 record from 1960 to 1967.[1] In 19 years at Westminster, his teams were ranked in the [NAIA](/source/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics) top 20 15 times, made in the NAIA Division II playoffs nine times, had a 27-game winning streak, and won four [NAIA Division II Football National Championships](/source/NAIA_Division_II_Football_National_Championship), in 1976, 1977, 1988, and 1989. His record as head coach at Westminster was 154–34–3, a winning percentage of .814. His 1977 team won the [Lambert Cup](/source/Lambert_Cup) as the best small-college team in the East.

Fusco graduated from Westminster in 1960, added a master's degree in education in 1965 and a doctorate in education from the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) in 1980. In addition to the College Football Hall of Fame, Fusco is in the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, Lawrence County Hall of Fame, and NAIA Hall of Fame.

Fusco died on February 22, 2025, at the age of 87.[2]

## References

1. Mollica, Pete (April 25, 1968). ["Sports beat—Fusco on Familiar Ground"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38493519/new_castle_news/). *[New Castle News](/source/New_Castle_News)*. p. 23. Retrieved November 5, 2019. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Hall of Fame football coach Joe Fusco passes away"](https://www.wfmj.com/story/52437467/hall-of-fame-football-coach-joe-fusco-passes-away). *www.wfmj.com*. Retrieved 2025-02-24.

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