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American football player and coach (born 1955)

Nick Quartaro
Current position
Title	Assistant head coach, tight ends coach
Team	North Texas
Conference	C-USA
Biographical details
Born	(1955-10-05) October 5, 1955 (age 69)
Playing career
c. 1973	Xavier
1975	Iowa

Position(s)	Placekicker, defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
c.1980	Hobart (assistant)
1981–1985	Northwestern (DB/DL/ST)
1986–1988	Drake
1989–1993	Kansas State (assistant)
1994–1997	Fordham
1998–2001	Iowa State (assistant HC / WR)
2002–2006	Kansas (associate HC / OC)
2010–2011	North Texas (assistant HC / WR)
2012–present	North Texas (assistant HC / TE)

Head coaching record
Overall	23–39–1

Nick Quartaro (born October 5, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Milano Rhinos of the Italian Football League and the Sprint Football team at Cornell University. Quartaro previously served as the assistant head coach and tight ends coach at the University of North Texas. Quartaro served as the head football coach Drake University from 1987 to 1988 and at Fordham University from 1994 to 1997.

Coaching career

Quartaro has worked as an assistant coach at several colleges, including Northwestern University, Hobart College, Kansas State University under Bill Snyder, and the University of Kansas as offensive coordinator under Mark Mangino. After retiring from coaching in 2006, Quartaro became an insurance executive. He returned to coaching in 2010 at the University of North Texas.


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Drake Bulldogs (NCAA Division III independent) (1987–1988)
1987	Drake	5–5
1988	Drake	7–3
Drake:		12–8
Fordham Rams (Patriot League) (1994–1997)
1994	Fordham	0–11	0–5	6th
1995	Fordham	4–6–1	2–3	4th
1996	Fordham	2–8	1–3	5th
1997	Fordham	5–6	4–2	3rd
Fordham:		11–31–1	7–13
Total:		23–39–1

Bill Snyder: They Said it Couldn't be Done by Mark Jansen, KCI Sports, (c) 2006, ISBN 0-9758769-6-1, p. 70–71
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