title: Michael Vendetti
text: # Michael Vendetti
  
  Michael J. Vendetti (c.1932 – March 20, 2014) was an American football, tennis and track and field coach. He was the head football coach at the Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts from 1962 to 1985.
  
  Vendetti also served as a tennis coach and a track and field coach while at Nichols, as well as serving as a track coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1989.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nichols Bison (NCAA College Division independent) (1962–1971) ||||||
  | 1962 | Nichols | 3–3 | | |
  | 1963 | Nichols | 0–6 | | |
  | 1964 | Nichols | 4–2–1 | | |
  | 1965 | Nichols | 6–1 | | |
  | 1966 | Nichols | 3–3 | | |
  | 1967 | Nichols | 2–5 | | |
  | 1968 | Nichols | 4–4 | | |
  | 1969 | Nichols | 0–7 | | |
  | 1970 | Nichols | 3–4 | | |
  | 1971 | Nichols | 4–3–1 | | |
  | Nichols Bison (New England Football Conference) (1972–1985) ||||||
  | 1972 | Nichols | 5–2–1 | 3–2 | 4th |
  | 1973 | Nichols | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1st |
  | 1974 | Nichols | 7–1–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st |
  | 1975 | Nichols | 6–2 | 6–2 | T–1st |
  | 1976 | Nichols | 8–1 | 7–1 | 1st |
  | 1977 | Nichols | 5–4 | 4–4 | T–5th |
  | 1978 | Nichols | 6–2 | 6–2 | T–1st |
  | 1979 | Nichols | 6–3 | 6–3 | T–2nd |
  | 1980 | Nichols | 3–5–1 | 3–5–1 | 8th |
  | 1981 | Nichols | 5–4 | 5–4 | T–4th |
  | 1982 | Nichols | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5th |
  | 1983 | Nichols | 7–2 | 7–2 | 3rd |
  | 1984 | Nichols | 2–7 | 2–7 | T–7th |
  | 1985 | Nichols | 1–7 | 1–7 | 10th |
  | Nichols: | Nichols: | 103–83–5 | 65–43–2 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 103–83–5 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  