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Marcelino Huerta
Marcelino Huerta
  • Induction Year:
    1968
  • Induction Type:
    Contributor

Bio

Head football coach from 1952-61. Also served as assistant coach at UT from 1950-51. He compiled a 67–33–2 overall record and a .662 winning average while coaching the Spartans. Huerta was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002. He was also a member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In commemoration of his service to the Tampa Bay community and its youth, the football field at his high school alma mater, Hillsborough High School, is named Marcelino "Chelo" Huerta Field in his honor in 1987. He was a graduate of the University of Florida.