Mel Massucco
Biographical details
Born	(1925-11-22)November 22, 1925 Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 23, 2002(2002-03-23) (aged 76) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1948–1951	Holy Cross

Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1952–1953	UMass (freshmen)
1954–1964	Holy Cross (assistant)
1965–1966	Holy Cross
1967–1977	WPI
Ice Hockey
1953–1954	UMass

Head coaching record
Overall	33–70–3 (football)

Melvin G. Massucco (November 22, 1925 – March 23, 2002) was an American football player and coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1965 to 1966 and at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, also in Worcester, from 1967 to 1977, compiling a career college football coaching record of 33–70–3.^[2]

Prior to serving at the head coach at Holy Cross, Massucco served as a defensive coach and scout under Hall of Fame coach Eddie Anderson.^[3] As an athlete, Massucco was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1952 NFL Draft.^[4]

Head coaching record

Ice hockey

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Massachusetts Redmen (Independent) (1953–1954)
1953–54	Massachusetts	0–9–1
Massachusetts:		0–9–1
Total:		0–9–1

Football


Year	Team	Overall
Holy Cross Crusaders (NCAA University Division independent) (1965–1966)
1965	Holy Cross	2–7–1
1966	Holy Cross	6–3–1
Holy Cross:		8–10–2
WPI Engineers (NCAA College Division / Division III independent) (1967–1976)
1967	WPI	1–6
1968	WPI	5–2
1969	WPI	3–5
1970	WPI	2–6
1971	WPI	2–6
1972	WPI	3–5
1973	WPI	2–6
1974	WPI	2–6
1975	WPI	2–5–1
1976	WPI	2–6
1977	WPI	1–7
Holy Cross:		25–60–1
Total:		33–70–3

References

^ "Melvin Massucco". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Melvin Massucco". legacy.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Massucco Named Holy Cross Coach; Ex‐Crusader Star Halfback Will Succeed Anderson". New York Times. December 20, 1964. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "1952 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved December 7, 2018.

v t e UMass Minutemen ice hockey
Formerly the Massachusetts Agricultural Aggies, Massachusetts State Aggies and UMass Redmen
Playing venues	Campus Pond (1908–1939, 1947–1951, 1953–1979) Mullins Center (1993–present)
Head coaches	Elton J. Mansell (1917–1922) Herbert Collins (1922–1923) Howard R. Gordon (1923–1924) Lorin Ball (1924–1939) Thomas Filmore (1947–1949) Walter Fitzgerald (1949–1950) Bill Needham (1950–1951) Mel Massucco (1953–1954) Steve Kosakowski (1954–1967) Jack Canniff (1967–1979) Joe Mallen (1993–2000) Don Cahoon (2000–2012) John Micheletto (2012–2016) Greg Carvel (2016– )
Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Independent (1908–39, 1947–51, 1953–61, 1993–94) ECAC Hockey (1961–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1979) Suspended program (1939–47, 1951–53, 1979–93) Hockey East (1994–present)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Pat Keenan (180 Points) Pat Keenan (105 Goals) Matt Murray (52 Wins)
National championships	2021
Frozen Four appearances	2019 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances	2007 2019 2021 2022
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1972 Hockey East: 2021 2022
Hobey Baker winners	Cale Makar (2019)
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA

Holy Cross Crusaders head football coaches

Alfred C. N. Petersen (1896–1897)
John Corbett # (1898)
Maurice Connor (1898–1902)
Frank Cavanaugh (1903–1905)
George W. King (1906)
Timothy F. Larkin (1907–1912)
Harry von Kersburg (1913)
Luke Kelly (1914–1917)
Bart Sullivan (1918)
Cleo A. O'Donnell (1919–1929)
John McEwan (1930–1932)
Bunny Corcoran # (1932)
Eddie Anderson (1933–1938)
Joe Sheeketski (1939–1941)
Ank Scanlan (1942–1944)
Ox DaGrosa (1945–1947)
Bill Osmanski (1948–1949)
Eddie Anderson (1950–1964)
Mel Massucco (1965–1966)
Tom Boisture (1967–1968)
Bill Whitton (1969–1970)
Ed Doherty (1971–1975)
Neil Wheelwright (1976–1980)
Rick E. Carter (1981–1985)
Mark Duffner (1986–1991)
Peter Vaas (1992–1995)
Dan Allen (1996–2003)
Tom Gilmore (2004–2017)
Brian Rock # (2017)
Bob Chesney (2018–2023)
Dan Curran (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

WPI Engineers head football coaches

No coach (1887–1888)
No team (1889–1890)
No coach (1891–1908)
James C. Donnelly (1909)
Orr (1910)
James C. Donnelly (1911)
William F. Carrey (1912)
Charley Donnelly (1913)
Jiggy Jones (1914)
James C. Donnelly (1915)
Fordyce T. Blake (1916–1922)
Ivan Bigler (1923–1940)
Paul Stagg (1941–1946)
Robert W. Pritchard (1947–1966)
Mel Massucco (1967–1977)
Bob Weiss (1978–1987)
Jack Siedlecki (1988–1992)
Kevin Morris (1993–1998)
Ed Zaloom (1999–2009)
Chris Robertson (2010– )

v t e Chicago Cardinals 1952 NFL Draft selections
Ollie Matson Johnny Karras Pete Brewster Dick Fugler John Hancock Harry Jabbush Don Coleman Malcolm Cook John Feltch Leo Sugar John Masnaghetti Mel Massucco Tom Tofaute John Davis Mike Mergen Darrell Crawford Bill Pyron Ed Listopad Frank Fischel Wade Musgrove Glenn Lippman Red Stephens E.J. Moore Cliff Anderson Charley Fry Sam Moses Harold Lutz Don Kasperan Will Stolk