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Carmen Cozza, legendary Yale football coach, has died.
Obit from today's NYT here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/obituaries/carmen-cozza-dead-winning-football-coach-at-yale.html?ref=todayspaper
I was at many a Yale football games held in the Yale Bowl when he was coaching the Elis. The obit tells of his "inauspicious" debut as head coach, losing the game and then getting a telegram from the Yale Alumni Association reading "There's a train to New York at 4 o'clock. Be under it."
