Babe Caccia

Biographical details
Born	(1917-10-03)October 3, 1917 Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Died	August 28, 2009(2009-08-28) (aged 91) Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Idaho, 1941
Playing career
Football
1936–1937	Idaho–Southern Branch
Position(s)	Center, linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1947	Pocatello Cross HS (ID) (line)
1948–1951	Idaho State (assistant)
1952–1965	Idaho State
1976	Edmonton Eskimos (line)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1965–1979	Idaho State (assistant AD)
1979–1986	Idaho State
Head coaching record
Overall	79–38–2 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 5 RMC (1952–1953, 1955, 1957, 1959) 1 Big Sky (1963)

Italo John "Babe" Caccia (October 3, 1917 – August 28, 2009) was an American college football and athletics administrator in Idaho.

Biography

Caccia was born in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1917. He played on the football teams of Idaho State University (ISU)—then known as Idaho–Southern Branch—in Pocatello in 1936 and 1937.^[1] He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1941, then served in the United States Navy during World War II.^[2]

Caccia served as the head football coach at ISU from 1953 to 1965, compiling a record of 79–38–2 (.672), then became assistant athletic director.^[3][4][5] ISU football teams won six conference championships in the 14 seasons that Caccia was head coach. He later was the athletic director at ISU, from 1979 to 1986.

Caccia was inducted to the ISU athletic hall of fame in 1961.^[6] He died in Pocatello at age 91 in 2009.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football