Joe Restic

Joe Restic

Hastings native coached the Harvard University football team in the Ivy League.
Played two seasons at St. Francis College before transferring to Villanova.
Signed a professional baseball contract as a pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies organization and played in an all-star game at Point Stadium.
Signed with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles in 1952 as a receiver and defensive back.
Began coaching career began at Wicomico High School in Maryland and Neptune High in New Jersey.
Served as ends coach and head scout at Brown University from 1956 to 1958.
Coached at Colgate from 1959 to 1961, and with the CFL’s Hamilton Tigers from 1962 to 1970.
Named head coach in Hamilton in 1968 and in nine years coached in five Grey Cup championship games, winning three titles.
Took head coaching job at Harvard in 1971 and stayed through 1993, posting a 117-97-6 record with five first-place finishes in the Ivy League.
Retired after 23 seasons at Harvard as the winningest football coach in the program’s history.
Named AFCA District 1 Kodak Coach of the Year in 1975.
Coached in six all-star games, serving as head coach in the East-West Shrine Game and the Blue-Gray Classic.
Three-time Eastern Coach of the Year and was the 1990 winner of the “Distinguished American” award given by the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation.