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Len Casanova
Casanova from The Owl 1951
Biographical details
Born
(1905-06-12)June 12, 1905 Ferndale, California, U.S.
Died
September 30, 2002(2002-09-30) (aged 97) Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1977 (profile)
Leonard Joseph Casanova (June 12, 1905 – September 30, 2002) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Santa Clara University (1946–1949), the University of Pittsburgh (1950), and the University of Oregon (1951–1966), compiling a career college football record of 104–94–11. Casanova was also the head baseball coach at Santa Clara from 1940 to 1942, tallying a mark of 39–25. After retiring from coaching, he served as the athletic director at Oregon. Casanova was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1977.
's "LenCasanova, A West Coast Football Legend" in the College Football Historical Society Newsletter Volume XV, Number III (May 2002) LenCasanova at...
to take over its program, hiring LenCasanova from the University of Pittsburgh after Aiken's resignation. Casanova gradually rebuilt the program, and...
single-season record with 77 catches in 1949. Amos Alonzo Stagg Award LenCasanova (1990) Bart Starr Award Brent Jones (1998) Division II Football Team...
have led Oregon to bowl games: Hugo Bezdek, Shy Huntington, Jim Aiken, LenCasanova, Rich Brooks, Mike Bellotti, Chip Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Mario Cristobal...
Division football season. The Ducks were led by fifteenth-year head coach LenCasanova and finished with a record of four wins, five losses, and one tie (4–5–1...
(1942) No team (1943–1944) Tex Oliver (1945–1946) Jim Aiken (1947–1950) LenCasanova (1951–1966) Jerry Frei (1967–1971) Dick Enright (1972–1973) Don Read...
(1942) No team (1943–1944) Tex Oliver (1945–1946) Jim Aiken (1947–1950) LenCasanova (1951–1966) Jerry Frei (1967–1971) Dick Enright (1972–1973) Don Read...
and one at Civic Stadium in Portland. Under sixteenth-year head coach LenCasanova, the Ducks were 3–7 overall and 1–3 in the AAWU (later Pacific-8 Conference...
Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) LenCasanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954)...
than Pitt, was eventually selected for Big Ten membership in May 1949. LenCasanova took the Pitt job in 1950 but a disastrous campaign was followed by his...
(1942) No team (1943–1944) Tex Oliver (1945–1946) Jim Aiken (1947–1950) LenCasanova (1951–1966) Jerry Frei (1967–1971) Dick Enright (1972–1973) Don Read...
been twelve directors of athletics. Three former head football coaches, LenCasanova, Rich Brooks and Mike Bellotti have gone on to serve as director of athletics...
(1942) No team (1943–1944) Tex Oliver (1945–1946) Jim Aiken (1947–1950) LenCasanova (1951–1966) Jerry Frei (1967–1971) Dick Enright (1972–1973) Don Read...
Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) LenCasanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954)...
Philadelphia 16,624 Len Casanova 6 Sun Bowl W 21–14 December 31, 1963 1963 SMU Mustangs Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 26,500‡ LenCasanova 7 Independence Bowl...
(1942) No team (1943–1944) Tex Oliver (1945–1946) Jim Aiken (1947–1950) LenCasanova (1951–1966) Jerry Frei (1967–1971) Dick Enright (1972–1973) Don Read...
respectively, and upon hearing of Joey's birth, legendary Oregon Ducks' coach LenCasanova jokingly sent his parents a letter-of-intent. Harrington is a graduate...
October 31, 2016 Manning Award Quarterback of the Week – November 3, 2016 LenCasanova Award (Oregon Team Award – Best First Year Player) 2017 Pac-12 Academic...
University Division football season. In their 10th season under head coach LenCasanova, the Ducks compiled a 7–3–1 record and outscored their opponents, 206...
1951 college football season. In their first season under head coach LenCasanova, the Ducks compiled a 2–8 record (1–6 against PCC opponents), finished...
The complex includes Autzen Stadium where the games are played, the LenCasanova Center where the locker rooms and training facilities are located, the...
Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) LenCasanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954)...
Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) LenCasanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954)...
Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) LenCasanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954)...
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