Football Coach

Mick Caba - Head Coach

E-mail: cabamj [at] alfredstate [dot] edu
Phone: (607) 587-4258

In his first nine years at Alfred State College, Mick Caba has brought national attention to the Pioneer football program. During his nine years Caba's Pioneers have finished .500 or above five times. 

During his tenure Caba has a 40-50 record. He led the Pioneers to their first winning season in the history of the program in 2000, helped ASC to a 7-4 record in 2003, and coached seven NJCAA All-Americans. In 2005, Caba was named the NFC Coach of the Year.

Currently Caba holds the position of vice president of the NJCAA Coaches Association and will be the association's president in 2009.

Prior to arriving at Alfred State, Caba coached at Inver Hills Community College (Minneapolis, MN), the University of Minnesota Morris (Morris, MN), Panhandle State University (Goodwell, OK) and Iowa Wesleyan College (Mt. Pleasant, IA).

Caba stresses success on and off the field. On the field he has coached twelve All-Americans and numerous Pioneers have moved on to higher levels of NCAA footbal while off the field he has seen hunderds of his former student-athletes receive four-year degrees.

Caba has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physical Education and Latin from Georgetown College (KY), where he played both football and baseball, and a Masters Degree from Western Michigan University.

Caba and wife, Linda, have two children, Michael who is married to Jen Freeman and Jaime who is married to Octavio Diaz. The Caba’s have four grandchildren, Madison, Alex, Morgan, and Jaimen.

Updated 12/15/09