Joe Avezzano was an American football player and coach.
23 Facts About Joe Avezzano
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Joe Avezzano was head coach of the Seamen Milano in the Italian Football League.
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Joe Avezzano graduated from Jackson High School in Miami, in 1961.
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Joe Avezzano played college football at Florida State University, where he was a center.
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Joe Avezzano was drafted and played professionally in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1966.
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Joe Avezzano began his coaching career at Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, and then coached at Florida State, his alma mater, in 1968 and at Iowa State University from 1969 to 1972 under head coach Johnny Majors.
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Joe Avezzano followed Majors to the University of Pittsburgh, where he was offensive line coach from 1973 to 1976, helping the 1976 Panthers to the national championship.
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Joe Avezzano went with Majors to the University of Tennessee in 1977, where he was the offensive coordinator for three seasons.
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In 1990, Joe Avezzano was hired by Jimmy Johnson to be the special teams coach for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Joe Avezzano was honored by his NFL special teams coaching peers for the first time in 1991, being named Special Teams Coach of the Year, when the Cowboys:.
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Joe Avezzano won his second NFL Special Teams Coach of the Year award in 1993 when his units helped the Cowboys finish as the only team in the NFL to rank in the Top 10 in the league in all four major kicking game categories.
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In 2002, Joe Avezzano served as both the special teams coach of the Cowboys and as the head coach of the Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League.
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Joe Avezzano was not retained by the Cowboys when Bill Parcells became head coach in 2003.
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Joe Avezzano remained in that capacity until resigning before the 2004 season, after he accepted an assistant job with the Oakland Raiders.
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Joe Avezzano was hired by Norv Turner as the special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders in 2003.
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Joe Avezzano coached with the Raiders until Turner's dismissal in 2005.
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In September 2011, Joe Avezzano was announced as the new head coach of the Seamen Milano of the Italian Football League.
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Joe Avezzano is the only three-time winner of the NFL Special Teams Coach of the Year award voted on by NFL special teams coaches.
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Joe Avezzano was the owner of "Coach Joe's" bar and grill in Frisco, Texas.
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Hat Tricks was another one of Joe Avezzano's establishments, located in Lewisville, Texas.
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Joe Avezzano owned the Corpus Christi Sharks of the Arena Football League 2 from 2006 to 2009.
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Joe Avezzano was married twice, first to fellow Florida State student, Sherry Butcher from 1965 to 1970, then to Diann Joe Avezzano for over 30 years.
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Joe Avezzano died of a heart attack while exercising on a treadmill in Italy.