Joe Kopnisky
American football player and coach (1935–2014)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1935-07-25)July 25, 1935 Etna, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | June 19, 2014(2014-06-19) (aged 78) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1954–1956 | West Virginia |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1973–1983 | Grove City |
Wrestling | |
1965–1973 | Grove City |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 42–55–3 (football) |
Joseph Louis Kopnisky (July 25, 1935 – June 19, 2014) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1983, compiling a record of 42–55–3.[2]
Kopnisky played college football at West Virginia University from 1954 to 1956.[3] He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1957 NFL draft.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Grove City Wolverines (NCAA Division III football independent) (1973–1983) | |||||||||
1973 | Grove City | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1974 | Grove City | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1975 | Grove City | 5–4 | |||||||
1976 | Grove City | 6–3 | |||||||
1977 | Grove City | 6–4 | |||||||
1978 | Grove City | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1979 | Grove City | 3–6 | |||||||
1980 | Grove City | 4–5 | |||||||
1981 | Grove City | 2–7 | |||||||
1982 | Grove City | 2–7 | |||||||
1983 | Grove City | 3–6 | |||||||
Grove City: | 42–55–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 42–55–3 |
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References
- ^ "Joe Kopnisky". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Joseph Kopnisky / College football star who became coach". Pittsburgh Post–Gazette. June 25, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Joe Kopnisky". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Cardinals draft picks". Pro-Football-Reference Drafts. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Joe Kopnisky". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "Football Year-by-Year Records". Grove City College. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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Grove City Wolverines head football coaches
- Morgan Barnes (1892)
- R. N. J. McKee (1893)
- Jesse Bruce (1894)
- Harold Weakley (1895)
- W. H. Maxwell (1896)
- Ernest Brown (1897)
- R. W. Cunningham (1898)
- George J. Cronenwett (1899)
- Charles Hamilton & George Lowrey (1900)
- George Lowrey (1901)
- Harold Weakley (1902)
- James Marshall (1903–1904)
- Charles Hamilton (1905)
- Herbert Harmon (1906–1907)
- William Rooke (1908)
- Herbert Harmon (1909–1913)
- William J. Young (1914)
- Herbert Harmon (1915)
- Howard Acher (1916)
- Harold O. White (1917–1918)
- Howard Acher (1919)
- Robert Thorn (1920)
- Guy Williamson (1921–1923)
- Charley Bowser (1924–1926)
- Charlie Berry (1927–1931)
- Bill Amos (1932–1936)
- Jim Loveless (1937–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Jim Loveless (1946–1953)
- Al Pesek (1954)
- Jim Curry (1955)
- Jack Behringer (1956–1972)
- Joe Kopnisky (1973–1983)
- Chris Smith (1984–2015)
- Andrew DiDonato (2016– )