Joseph William Restic was an American gridiron football player and coach.
12 Facts About Joe Restic
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Joe Restic served as the head coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from 1968 to 1970 and as the head football coach at Harvard University from 1971 to 1993.
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Joe Restic was known as a coaching innovator, devising a complex offense known as the multiflex while in Canada and taking it to Harvard.
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Joe Restic played college football at Saint Francis University and Villanova University and graduated in 1952.
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Joe Restic played two seasons as an end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Joe Restic played professional baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system.
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Joe Restic was an assistant coach at Colgate University from 1959 to 1961.
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Joe Restic joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as an assistant coach and later offensive coordinator.
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Joe Restic had a friendly rivalry with Yale coach Carmen Cozza who served as the Bulldogs coach for all of Joe Restic's time at Harvard.
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Joe Restic served as president of the American Football Coaches Association in 1988.
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Joe Restic married Marian, known as Bea, who died in 2008.
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Joe Restic had three children; his son Joe was a punter and safety for the Notre Dame in the 1970s.