Peter Vaas

Peter Vaas
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1952-04-26) April 26, 1952 Westwood, Massachusetts
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross
Playing career
1971–1973	Holy Cross
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1978	Allegheny (AC)
1979–1982	New Hampshire (OB)
1983–1985	New Hampshire (OC)
1986–1989	Allegheny
1990	Notre Dame (RB)
1991	Notre Dame (QB)
1992–1995	Holy Cross
1996	Montreal Alouettes (OC)
1998–1999	Barcelona Dragons (QB/WR)
2000–2003	Berlin Thunder
2004–2005	Cologne Centurions
2005–2006	Notre Dame (QB)
2007	Duke (OC/QB)
2009	Miami (OH) (OC/TE)
2010–2011	South Florida (QB)
2012	South Florida (TE)
Head coaching record
Overall	43–41–1 (college) 31–31 (NFL Europe)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAC (1987–1988) 2 World Bowl (IX, X)
Awards
2× NCAC Coach of the Year (1987–1988) NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2002)

Peter Vaas (born April 26, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Allegheny College from 1986 to 1989 and at the College of the Holy Cross from 1992 to 1995, compiling a career college football record of 43–41–1. He played football as a quarterback at Holy Cross from 1971 to 1973.

Playing career

Vaas was a walk-on quarterback at Holy Cross. He was a three-year starter and set nine individual school passing records in his senior season. As a senior he completed 135 passes for 1,631 yards and 13 touchdowns (and five touchdowns in one game). His career numbers included 2,642 passing yards and 21 touchdown passes.

Coaching career

Vaas immediately began his coaching career following his graduation from Holy Cross in 1974. He served as an assistant coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for five seasons.

In 1979, Vaas was hired as the offensive backfield coach at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. He spent four seasons in that capacity before being promoted to the position of offensive coordinator in 1983.

Allegheny

Vaas returned to Allegheny College as the Gators' head coach in 1986, a position he held for four seasons, until 1989. He led the team to back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference championships in 1987 and 1988^[1] and earned conference "Coach of the Year" honors both years.^[2] His coaching record at the school was 29–11–1. (.720).^[3]

Holy Cross

He spent four seasons as the head coach at Holy Cross from 1992 to 1995. His only winning season came in 1992, when he led his squad to a second-place finish in the Patriot League.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Allegheny Gators (North Coast Athletic Conference) (1986–1989)
1986	Allegheny	6–4	4–2	3rd
1987	Allegheny	9–1–1	6–0	1st
1988	Allegheny	8–2	6–0	1st
1989	Allegheny	6–4	5–2	3rd
Allegheny:		29–11–1	21–4
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (1992–1995)
1992	Holy Cross	6–5	4–1	2nd
1993	Holy Cross	3–8	2–3	4th
1994	Holy Cross	3–8	2–3	4th
1995	Holy Cross	2–9	1–4	5th
Holy Cross:		14–30	9–11
Total:		43–41–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title

Professional

Year	Team	Overall	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Berlin Thunder (NFL Europe) (2000–2003)
2000	Berlin Thunder	4–6	6th
2001	Berlin Thunder	6–4	2nd	W World Bowl IX
2002	Berlin Thunder	6–4	2nd	W World Bowl X
2003	Berlin Thunder	3–7	6th
Berlin Thunder:		21–21
Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) (2004–2005)
2004	Cologne Centurions	4–6	4th
2005	Cologne Centurions	6–4	3rd
Cologne Centurions:		10–10
Total:		31–31

References

↑ "2011 NCAC Football Guide". North Coast Athletic Conference. p. 28. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
↑ "2011 NCAC Football Guide". North Coast Athletic Conference. p. 17. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
↑ DeLassus, David. "Allegheny Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 24, 2010.

External links

Allegheny Gators head football coaches

No coach (1893–1894)
No team (1895)
No coach (1896)
Charles N. Crosby (1897)
Martin Smallwood (1898)
Alonzo G. Brown (1899)
Fred E. Heckel (1900)
Edward N. Eisenberg (1901)
V. P. Whelan (1902)
Walter E. Bachman (1903)
Branch Rickey (1904–1905)
Charles B. Lewis (1906)
Herbert Scheetz (1907–1908)
E. J. Stewart (1909–1910)
David L. Dunlap (1911–1912)
Charles Hammett (1913–1917)
Carl A. Gilbert (1918)
Charles Hammett (1919)
Clarence Applegran (1920)
Herb McCracken (1921–1923)
Tom Davies (1924–1925)
Mel Merritt (1926–1928)
Harry W. Crum (1929–1931)
Waldo S. Tippin (1932–1934)
Karl J. Lawrence (1935–1940)
Alfred C. Werner (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bob Garbark (1946)
Bill Daddio (1947–1951)
David C. Henderson (1952–1953)
William R. Moore (1954–1957)
John R. Chuckran (1958–1969)
Sam T. Timer (1970–1983)
Robert Wolfe (1984–1985)
Peter Vaas (1986–1989)
Ken O'Keefe (1990–1997)
Blair Hrovat (1998–2001)
Mark Matlak (2002–2015)
B. J. Hammer (2016– )

Holy Cross Crusaders head football coaches

A. C. N. Peterson (1896–1897)
John Corbett # (1898)
Maurice Connor (1898–1902)
Frank Cavanaugh (1903–1905)
George King (1906)
Timothy Larkin (1907–1912)
Harry Von Kersberg (1913)
Luke Kelly (1914–1917)
Bart Sullivan (1918)
Cleo A. O'Donnell (1919–1929)
John McEwan (1930–1932)
Arthur Corcoran # (1932)
Eddie Anderson (1933–1938)
Joe Sheeketski (1939–1941)
Anthony J. Scanlan (1942–1944)
John 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– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Berlin Thunder head coaches

Wes Chandler (1999) Peter Vaas (2000–2003) Rick Lantz (2004–2006) John Allen (2007)

Cologne Centurions head coaches

Peter Vaas (2004–2005) David Duggan (2006–2007) John Lyons # (2007) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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