Bob Pickett
American football player and coach (1932–2010)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1932-02-22)February 22, 1932 |
| Died | February 3, 2010(2010-02-03) (aged 77) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1958 | Maine |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959–1962 | Laconia HS (NH) |
| 1963–1964 | Portsmouth HS (NH) |
| 1965–1970 | Maine (assistant) |
| 1971–1977 | UMass (DC) |
| 1978–1983 | UMass |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1984–1997 | UMass (associate AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 36–28 (college) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 Yankee (1978–1979, 1981–1982) 1 Lambert Cup (1978) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× New Hampshire Coach of the Year Stan Lomax-Irving T. Marsh Eastern Coach of the Year Award (1997) Boston Gridiron Club's Coach of the Year Award (1997) Henry Butova Award (1997) Johnny Vaught Life Time Achievement Award (1999) | |
Robert A. Pickett (February 22, 1932 – February 3, 2010) was an American football player and coach who served as the head football coach of at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1978 to 1983.
Early life
Pickett attended high school at Cony High School in Augusta, Maine, where he graduated in 1952. He attended Maine Central Institute for one year after that, and then finished his education at the University of Maine where he graduated in 1959. Pickett played football for Maine and was their starting quarterback.
Coaching career
Pickett began his coaching career as the head football and basketball coach at Laconia High School. In his first season, Laconia won the Division II state title, their second ever championship and their first since 1951. He coached at Portsmouth High School from 1962 until 1964, when he became an assistant coach at Maine. In 1971 he joined Dick MacPherson as the defensive coordinator at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was promoted to head coach following MacPherson's departure in 1978. In his first season as head coach, UMASS won the Yankee Conference championship and was runner-up finish in the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. He served as head coach until 1983, compiling a record of 36–28 overall record and winning four Yankee Conference championships.[1]
Later life
Pickett served as UMASS' associate athletic director until his retirement in 1997. He was the color commentator on radio broadcasts of Minutemen football from 1998 to 2003.[2]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NCAA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Minutemen (Yankee Conference) (1978–1983) | |||||||||
| 1978 | UMass | 9–4 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship | T–4 | |||
| 1979 | UMass | 6–4 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1980 | UMass | 7–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | T–10 | ||||
| 1981 | UMass | 6–3 | 4–1 | T–1st | T–10 | ||||
| 1982 | UMass | 5–6 | 3–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1983 | UMass | 3–8 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| UMass: | 36–28 | ||||||||
| Total: | 36–28 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Maine Black Bears starting quarterbacks
- Alton Sproul (1948)
- Harold Marden (1949)
- Eugene Sturgeon (1950–1951)
- Steve Novick (1951–1952)
- Kenneth Parady (1952, 1956)
- Edward Bogdanovich (1953)
- Peter Kostacopoulos (1954)
- James Duffy (1954–1955)
- Bob Pickett (1957–1958)
- Manchester Wheeler (1959–1961)
- Tom Austin (1962)
- Dick DeVarney (1963–1965)
- George Platter (1966)
- David Wing (1967–1969)
- Henry Hastings (1970)
- Doug Lentz (1971)
- Rich Prior (1972)
- Bob Munzing (1973)
- Jack Cosgrove (1974, 1976–1977)
- Dennis Emerson (1975)
- John Tursky (1978–1979)
- Jim Parady (1979–1982)
- David Rebholtz (1980)
- Richard LaBonte (1981–1982)
- Mike Beauchemin (1983)
- Bobby Wilder (1984–1986)
- Mike Buck (1987–1989)
- Jeffrey DelRosso (1990)
- Emilio Colon (1991–1994)
- John Tennett (1995)
- Mickey Fein (1996–1998)
- Brian Scott (1999)
- Jake Eaton (2000–2002)
- Ron Whitcomb (2003–2006)
- Chris Legree (2004–2005)
- Mike Bursko (2007–2009)
- Adam Farkes (2007)
- Warren Smith (2009–2010)
- Marcus Wasilewski (2011–2013)
- Daniel Collins (2014–2016)
- Drew Belcher (2014–2015, 2017)
- Chris Ferguson (2017–2019)
- Isaiah Robinson (2018)
- Joseph Fagnano (2019–2022)
- Derek Robertson (2021, 2023)
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