| Carmen Cozza | |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Parma, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1949–1951 |
| Player Team2: | Miami (OH) |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1950–1952 |
| Player Team4: | Miami (OH) |
| Player Years5: | 1952 |
| Player Team5: | Fargo-Moorhead Twins |
| Player Years6: | 1952 |
| Player Team6: | Cedar Rapids Indians |
| Player Years7: | 1953 |
| Player Team7: | Superior Blues |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1956–1962 |
| Coach Team2: | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1963–1964 |
| Coach Team3: | Yale (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1965–1996 |
| Coach Team4: | Yale |
| Admin Years1: | 1976–1977 |
| Admin Team1: | Yale |
| Overall Record: | 179–119–5 |
| Championships: | 10 Ivy League (1967–1969, 1974, 1976–1977, 1979–1981, 1989) |
| Cfbhof Year: | 2002 |
| Cfbhof Id: | 2017 |
Carmen Louis "Carm" Cozza (June 10, 1930 – January 4, 2018) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy League championships and compiling a record of 179–119–5. Cozza was named UPI New England Coach of the Year four times and Eastern Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002.
Cozza, the son of Italian immigrants, played quarterback at Miami University under coaches Ara Parseghian and Woody Hayes, graduating from Miami in 1952. He was teammates with Bo Schembechler.[1] While at Miami he was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. He also played baseball at Miami, and later played for minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. Cozza was an assistant football coach at Miami from 1956 to 1962 under his fellow Miami alumnus and former teammate, John Pont. When Pont was named head coach at Yale in 1963, Cozza accompanied him there. Cozza became head coach at Yale in 1965 after Pont accepted the head coaching job at Indiana University.
Cozza died on January 4, 2018, age 87.[2]