Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Football HOF Profiles - Harold Mauro
6/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 18, 2007
With the induction of six former Hoosiers into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame on June 23, IUHOOSIERS.com will profile the inductees leading up to the ceremony. The profile for Wednesday, June 20, is of Harold Mauro.
Harold Mauro was a linebacker on the 1964 and 1965 Indiana football teams before missing the 1966 campaign due to injury. Prior to the 1966 season, Mauro had been moved from linebacker to center, and he was the starting center on Indiana's 1967 Rose Bowl team.
After earning his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1968, Mauro served as an Indiana graduate assistant in 1968 before moving on to University High School in Bloomington as an assistant coach in 1969 and 1970. He returned to IU as an assistant freshman coach in 1971 before moving up to the varsity staff in 1972. He followed his college coach, John Pont, to Northwestern, for four years before returning to IU in 1977 as the guards and centers coach. After four years in that capacity, he served as the offensive coordinator in 1982.
The Verona, Pa., native then spent 22 years as a Senior Associate Athletics Director at Indiana, where he supervised the athletic department's support services and served as the sport administrator. He now is entering his third season as Director of Football Operations for IU, a position in which he is responsible for most day-to-day aspects of the program, including travel and budget management.
Mauro has been a part of every bowl game in IU football history. In addition to the 1967 Rose Bowl team, Mauro was an assistant coach on Indiana's 1979 Holiday Bowl Championship squad and was an administrator for the 1986 All-American Bowl, 1988 Peach Bowl, 1988 Liberty Bowl, 1990 Peach Bowl, 1991 Copper Bowl and 1993 Independence Bowl teams.
Mauro earned his master's degree from Indiana in health and safety in 1969 and was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Allegheny-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame in May 1993.
Mauro and his wife, Joy, have two daughters - Heather and Megan.
