Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1935 |
Playing career | |
1955–1957 | Princeton |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1958–1960 | Princeton (freshmen) |
1961–1965 | Princeton (assistant) |
1966–1968 | Dartmouth (DE/LB) |
1969–1970 | Connecticut (def. assistant) |
1971–1972 | Connecticut |
1973–1977 | Princeton |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1987–1991 | New Jersey Nets (EVP/COO) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 23–38–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Yankee (1971) | |
Awards | |
Second-team All-Eastern (1957) Third-team All-Eastern (1956) | |
Robert F. Casciola (born c. 1935) is an American former college football coach, National Basketball Association executive, banking executive, and broadcaster. He was the head coach at the University of Connecticut from 1971 to 1972 and at Princeton University from 1973 to 1977. He held assistant coaching positions at Princeton and, Dartmouth College. Casciola served as an executive vice president and the chief operating officer for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA from 1987 to 1991. He joined the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame in 1991 as executive director. He became president in 1996, serving in the role until his retirement in 2005. He played college football at Princeton as a tackle.