Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Iron Mountain, Michigan |
January 29, 1908
Died | August 13, 2004 Green Bay, Wisconsin |
(aged 96)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1927–1930 | Lake Forest |
Basketball | |
1929–1931 | Lake Forest |
Baseball | |
c. 1930 | Lake Forest |
1933 | Superior Blues |
1940 | Green Bay Bluejays |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1937–1944 | Green Bay West HS (WI) (assistant) |
1945–1953 | Green Bay West HS (WI) |
1954–1955 | Marquette |
1957–1965 | Northern Michigan |
Basketball | |
1937–1945 | Green Bay West HS (WI) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1956–1957 | Green Bay Packers (dir. ticket sales) |
1966–1973 | Eastern Michigan |
1974–1975 | FIU |
1982–1988 | Mid-Continent Conference (commissioner) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 58–36–4 (college football) |
Tournaments | 0–0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
Faust L. "Frosty" Ferzacca (January 29, 1908 – August 13, 2004) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Marquette University from 1954 to 1955 and at Northern Michigan University from 1957 to 1965, compiling a career college football record of 58–36–4. He then worked as the athletic director at Eastern Michigan University from 1966 to 1973 and at Florida International University from 1974 to 1975 before serving as the commissioner of the Mid-Continent Conference—now known as the Summit League—from 1982 to 1988.
Ferazza was a native of Iron Mountain, Michigan and attended Iron Mountain High School. He moved on to Lake Forest College in 1927, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. Ferazza played minor league baseball for the Superior Blues of the Northern League in 1933.
Ferzacca starting his coaching career at Iron Mountain High School. He also coached in Montreal, Wisconsin before moving to Green Bay West High School in 1937 as an assistant football coach and head basketball coach. In 1945, Ferzacca became head football coach at Green Bay West when illness forced his predecessor, Lars Thune, to retire. At this point, Ferzacca gave up his responsibilities as basketball coach but also served at the school's athletic director and track coach. Ferzacca remained as the head football coach at Green Bay West for nine seasons, through 1953, leading his team to five Fox River Valley championships and an overall record of 62–16–3.