Robert Amedeo Vespaziani was an American-born Canadian football coach who was head coach of the Calgary Stampeders from 1986 to 1987.
18 Facts About Bob Vespaziani
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Bob Vespaziani was born in Mount Vernon, New York and grew up in Massachusetts.
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Bob Vespaziani played football and high school but gave it up during his freshman year at Springfield College due to a head injury.
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Bob Vespaziani began his coaching career in 1960 at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
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In 1969, Bob Vespaziani became an assistant coach at Acadia after a former college classmate, George Hemond, became head coach.
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In 1971, Hemond took a coaching job at a New Hampshire high school and Bob Vespaziani was chosen to replace him.
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From 1979 to 1984, Bob Vespaziani was an assistant with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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In 1986, Bob Vespaziani was named head coach of the Calgary Stampeders.
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Bob Vespaziani was runner up to Al Bruno for the Annis Stukus Trophy.
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In 1988, Bob Vespaziani returned to the BC Lions as linebackers coach.
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Bob Vespaziani was not retained by new head coach Bob O'Billovich in 1990.
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Bob Vespaziani decided to work towards a business securities licence and served as head coach of the Delta Secondary School.
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Bob Vespaziani was fired by O'Billovich after the season, as O'Billovich felt that the Lions could have gone to the Grey Cup if Vespaziani's players had performed better.
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In 1992, Bob Vespaziani served as a guest coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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However after head coach Cal Murphy suffered a heart attack, interim head coach Urban Bowman asked Bob Vespaziani to stay on to take over Bowman's duties as defensive line coach.
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In 1994 Bob Vespaziani was named defensive line coach of the Calgary Stampeders.
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Bob Vespaziani's position was eliminated in 2004 but remained with the team as a football consultant and guest coach.
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Bob Vespaziani was a member of the coaching staff with the Gales won the 2009 Vanier Cup.