title: Bob DiSpirito
text: # Bob DiSpirito
  
  Robert George DiSpirito Sr. (August 9, 1928 – December 21, 2015) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Bridgeport from 1960 to 1964. DiSpirito was the head football coach at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1980 and again on an interim basis during the 1987 seasons. He played football at the University of Rhode Island, lettering in 1950.
  
  DiSpirito was also the head baseball coach at Bridgeport from 1959 to 1964, tallying a mark of 56–48 in six seasons. He left Bridgeport in 1965 to become an assistant football coach at Bucknell University.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | $AP^#$ |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bridgeport Purple Knights (Independent) (1960–1964) |||||||
  | 1960 | Bridgeport | 4–2–1 | | | | |
  | 1961 | Bridgeport | 4–5 | | | | |
  | 1962 | Bridgeport | 5–4 | | | | |
  | 1963 | Bridgeport | 4–5 | | | | |
  | 1964 | Bridgeport | 1–6 | | | | |
  | Bridgeport: | Bridgeport: | 18–22–1 | | | | |
  | Slippery Rock Rockets (Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference / Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1967–1980) |||||||
  | 1967 | Slippery Rock | 2–7 | 0–5 | 6th (West) | | |
  | 1968 | Slippery Rock | 3–6 | 2–3 | 4th (West) | | |
  | 1969 | Slippery Rock | 6–3 | 3–2 | 2nd (West) | | |
  | 1970 | Slippery Rock | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–4th (West) | | |
  | 1971 | Slippery Rock | 7–2 | 4–1 | 2nd (West) | | |
  | 1972 | Slippery Rock | 8–2–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st (West) | L Knute Rockne Bowl | |
  | 1973 | Slippery Rock | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st (West) | | |
  | 1974 | Slippery Rock | 9–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | 13 |
  | 1975 | Slippery Rock | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–4th (West) | | |
  | 1976 | Slippery Rock | 7–3 | 5–1 | T–1st (West) | | |
  | 1977 | Slippery Rock | 4–4–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd (West) | | |
  | 1978 | Slippery Rock | 6–3 | 4–2 | 3rd (West) | | |
  | 1979 | Slippery Rock | 3–6 | 2–4 | T–4th (West) | | |
  | 1980 | Slippery Rock | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–4th (West) | | |
  | Slippery Rock Rockets (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1987) |||||||
  | 1987 | Slippery Rock | 4–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd (West) | | |
  | Slippery Rock: | Slippery Rock: | 79–60–3 | 48–32–3 | | | |
  | Total: | Total: | 97–82–4 | | | | |
  