Football
Gabe Fertitta
- Title:
- Senior Offensive Quality Control
- Email:
- gabe@GoCards.com
Gabe Fertitta was named a quality control assistant at the University of Louisville after a successful stint as a head coach at the high school level.
Before joining Scott Satterfield's staff. Fertitta won two Division head football coach at Catholic where he served for four seasons. reaching the state title game in all four seasons. The Bears beat Shreveport-based Byrd 35-12 in the Division I title game held in December at Northwestern State in Natchitoches.
During his time at Catholic, Fertitta finished with a 59-25 overall record as a high school head coach, including a 43-8 record in four seasons at Catholic. The Bears finished 10-2 last fall in 2020.
A two-time District 5-5A Coach of the Year, Fertitta led Catholic to state runners-up appearances in the 2018 and 2019 state championship games.
A former Holy Cross and Mississippi College player, Fertitta had two stints as an assistant at Catholic and was named to succeed Dale Weiner as the Bears' head coach after the 2016 season.Â
In 2017, Fertitta coached the Bears to a Division I title-game upset of John Curtis. The Bears finished as the Division I runners-up to Curtis and Rummel the next two years before reclaiming the title last fall.
Fertitta's other high school head coaching job was at Mississippi-based St. Stanislaus. He worked as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi and also was an assistant at Itawamba (Mississippi) Junior College before heading back into the high school ranks.
As a player, Fertitta was a wide receiver and punt returner where he received an English degree from Mississippi College in 2005. He went on to earn a master's from Mississippi College in 2010.Â
Fertitta and his wife, Charity, have three daughters: Claire, Olivia and Madelyn.
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Before joining Scott Satterfield's staff. Fertitta won two Division head football coach at Catholic where he served for four seasons. reaching the state title game in all four seasons. The Bears beat Shreveport-based Byrd 35-12 in the Division I title game held in December at Northwestern State in Natchitoches.
During his time at Catholic, Fertitta finished with a 59-25 overall record as a high school head coach, including a 43-8 record in four seasons at Catholic. The Bears finished 10-2 last fall in 2020.
A two-time District 5-5A Coach of the Year, Fertitta led Catholic to state runners-up appearances in the 2018 and 2019 state championship games.
A former Holy Cross and Mississippi College player, Fertitta had two stints as an assistant at Catholic and was named to succeed Dale Weiner as the Bears' head coach after the 2016 season.Â
In 2017, Fertitta coached the Bears to a Division I title-game upset of John Curtis. The Bears finished as the Division I runners-up to Curtis and Rummel the next two years before reclaiming the title last fall.
Fertitta's other high school head coaching job was at Mississippi-based St. Stanislaus. He worked as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi and also was an assistant at Itawamba (Mississippi) Junior College before heading back into the high school ranks.
As a player, Fertitta was a wide receiver and punt returner where he received an English degree from Mississippi College in 2005. He went on to earn a master's from Mississippi College in 2010.Â
Fertitta and his wife, Charity, have three daughters: Claire, Olivia and Madelyn.
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