About Jay Cottone
Jay Cottone was an american football player.
Joseph R. "Jay" Cottone (born ) is an American former football coach. He served as head football coach at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire from 1981 to 1985, compiling a record of 46–7 and leading the Panthers to five consecutive New England Football Conference (NEFC) titles.
Cottone played college football as a quarterback at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1968 to 1970 and served as an assistant football coach from 1976 to 1980. He resigned from his position at Plymouth State University in July 1986 to become an assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) under head coach Jim Reid. In 1988, Cottone was hired as the head football coach at Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He resigned in 1995 after amassing a record of 33–41–3 in eight seasons.
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