Biographical details | |
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Born | Groveton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 15, 1909
Died | April 13, 1990 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 80)
Playing career | |
1932–1935 | Michigan State |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1936 | St. Viator (assistant) |
1937 | St. Viator |
1938 | Washington HS (IN) |
1939–1942 | Arizona (line) |
1943 | Norman NAS (assistant) |
1946 | Michigan State (assistant) |
1947 | Santa Clara (line) |
1948 | Detroit Lions (line) |
1949–1954 | Wayne State (MI) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–31–3 (college) |
Louis F. Zarza (August 15, 1909 – April 13, 1990) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach St. Viator College Bourbonnais, Illinois in 1927 and at Wayne University—now known as Wayne State University—in Detroit, Michigan from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–31–3. Zarza went to Wayne after working for one season as the line coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).[2]