Athletic Department

Nick Calcutta
	Title	Asst. Football Coach/Offensive Line
	E-Mail	ncalcutta@howard.edu
	Phone	(202) 806-5164
	Fax	(202) 806-5163

Calcutta rejoins the Howard University football coaching staff in 2009 where he will again serve as the Bison's' Offensive Line and Tight End Coach.             

He was the Offensive Coordinator and QB Coach at Winston Salem State. Under his guidance, the Rams improved their offensive output by more than 50 points in 2007 as WSSU increased their scoring average from 16.9 points per game in 2006 to more than 21 points per game in 2007.

Following Calcutta's direction the Rams scored 20 points or more in eight of WSSU's 11 games last season en route to the first winning season in WSSU's Division I history.

One of the well-prepared offensive coordinators in the nation, Calcutta's attention to detail and game preparation helped to revive a WSSU offense.

As a direct result of Calcutta's offensive system WSSU senior quarterback Monte Purvis recorded the first 1,000-yard season since 2002, in the final year of his WSSU football career.

Before joining the WSSU coaching staff in June of 2007 Calcutta served as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at HU. 

Prior to his coaching tenure at Howard he served as the offensive coordinator at Clarion University of Pennsylvania in Clarion, Pa.

From Ashland, Pa., Nick graduated from North Schuylkill High School before matriculating to Mansfield University.  From there he went to Millersville University where he earned a B.S. degree in Secondary Education in 1982.

Calcutta began his collegiate coaching career in 1983 as the outside linebacker coach at Southern Illinois (Carbondale) University for Rey Dempsey. In Calcutta's first, and only, season at SIU he helped to lead the Salukis to the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship. 

Following his national championship season at SIU Calcutta served as the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Ind. and was the outside linebackers coach at Memphis State in 1985.

Following his coaching tenures at St. Joseph's and Memphis State Calcutta joined the legendary Willie E. Jeffries at Howard University for three seasons (1986-88) as the offensive line coach and Director of Football Operations, and then spent the next four years as the offensive line and tight ends coach at South Carolina State University (1989-92) in Orangeburg, S.C.

Named the offensive coordinator at the University at Buffalo in 1993 and 1994, he moved on to serve as the offensive line and tight ends coach at Tennessee State University in 1995 and then moved on to a position as the recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach at Delaware State before spending three years (1997-99) as Assistant Head Coach and offensive line coach at Austin Peay State University. 

He then moved on to Savannah State University where he was the Tigers offensive line/tight end coach, pro liaison, and Director of Football Operations with William "Bill" Davis for two seasons (2000-01).

Calcutta is married to the former Judy Crews of Carbondale, Illinois and the couple has a three-year old daughter, Nicole.