Joseph K. Schwartzer

Joseph Karl Schwarzer (September 2, 1895 – September 7, 1989) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He was an All-American football and basketball player at Syracuse University and spent two seasons as the head football coach at Manhattan College.

Playing Schwarzer was born in Austria-Hungary and immigrated to the United States when he was four years old. He was a standout athlete at Albany High School and captained the football, basketball, and baseball teams at Syracuse University. He was also an All-American end for the Syracuse Orangemen football team. He graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1919.

Coaching In 1920, Schwarzer became an assistant football coach under Chick Meehan at Syracuse. In 1925, he followed Meehan to NYU. After the 1927 season, the NYU board of athletic control wanted to replace Schwarzer and Meehan announced he would leave if Schwarzer was fired. Schwarzer, however, chose to resign, which led to Meehan returning to NYU. Two months later, Schwarzer became the head coach at Manhattan College. He compiled a 7–8 record from 1928 to 1929. Prior to the 1930 season, the school's graduate manager of athletics announced that Schwarzer would become the team's chief scout and an advisor and Notre Dame captain John B. Law would succeed him as head coach.

Later life After leaving Manhattan, Schwarzer returned to Central New York to manage his family's real estate business. During World War II, he was a member of Madison County's selective service board and was a superintendent at the U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation.