36 Notable alumni of
Central Connecticut State University
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Central Connecticut State University is 1742nd in the world, 608th in North America, and 572nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 36 notable alumni from Central Connecticut State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kenny Johnson
- Occupations
- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Kenny Johnson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Detective Curtis Lemansky in The Shield, Butch "Burner" Barnes in Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Detective Ham Dewey in Saving Grace, Herman Kozik in Sons of Anarchy, Matt Webb in Prime Suspect, Caleb Calhoun in Bates Motel, Dominique Luca in the CBS drama series S.W.A.T., and Tommy Welch on Chicago Fire (2014–2015).
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Richard Grieco
- Occupations
- producermusicianfilm producerfilm actorfashion model
- Biography
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Richard John Grieco Jr. is an American actor, artist, and former fashion model. He played Detective Dennis Booker in the popular Fox series 21 Jump Street (1988–89) and its spin-off Booker (1989–90). He has also starred in various films, including If Looks Could Kill and Mobsters (both 1991). He has voiced characters in several video games and appeared as either himself or his 21 Jump Street character in several films and television shows. Since 2009, he worked as a painter, working in a style he calls abstract emotionalism.
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Scott Pioli
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Scott Pioli is an American professional football executive who most recently worked as the assistant general manager for the Atlanta Falcons. He was an NFL analyst for NBC Sports' Football Night in America, NBC Sports Network's Pro Football Talk, Sirius XM NFL Radio and the NFL Network. He previously served as a front office executive for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. Pioli served as the director – and later vice president – of player personnel for the Patriots from 2001 to 2008 when the franchise won three Super Bowl championships.
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Steve Addazio
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Stephen Robert Addazio is an American football coach and broadcaster and former player. He became a color commentator for ESPN's college football broadcasts before the 2024 season. Before becoming a broadcaster, Addazio served as a high school and college coach for almost forty years, most recently as the offensive line coach for Texas A&M University. He served as the head football coach at Temple University from 2011 to 2012, Boston College from 2013 to 2019, and Colorado State University from 2020 to 2021. Before that, he was an offensive assistant for several college teams, including six seasons as an offensive line coach, assistant head coach, and offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators and was a part of two BCS National Championship Game-winning coaching staffs under head coach Urban Meyer.
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Erin Brady
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
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Erin Joyce Brady is an American tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2013. She then represented the US at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia, on November 9, where she placed in the Top 10. Brady is the first woman from the state of Connecticut ever to be crowned Miss USA.
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John B. Larson
- Enrolled in Central Connecticut State University
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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John Barry Larson is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district since 1999. The district is based in the state capital, Hartford. A member of the Democratic Party, Larson chaired the House Democratic Caucus during the 111th and 112th United States Congress.
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Ricky Bottalico
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ricky Paul Bottalico is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and Milwaukee Brewers. He compiled a career 3.99 earned run average (ERA), with 116 saves.
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John Hirschbeck
- Occupations
- baseball umpire
- Biography
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John Francis Hirschbeck is a former umpire for Major League Baseball. He worked in the American League from 1984 to 1999 and worked in both leagues from 2000 to 2016. He was a crew chief at the time of his retirement, and wore uniform number 17 throughout his career. Hirschbeck announced his retirement following the 2016 season. In 2000, Hirschbeck was elected as the first president of the newly certified World Umpires Association, a position he held until 2009.
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Mark D. Boughton
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark D. Boughton is an American politician who was the longest-serving mayor in Danbury, Connecticut's history. He served ten consecutive terms as mayor, from 2001 to 2020. He was the Republican endorsed candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2018, but lost the primary election to Bob Stefanowski. In 2020, Governor Ned Lamont nominated Boughton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services.
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Corsley Edwards
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Corsley Edwards is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Central Connecticut.
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Ken Horton
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Horton is an American professional basketball player for Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft he has played for teams in Cyprus, France, Kazakhstan, Italy, and Mexico.
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Vincent Fort
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vincent Dean Fort was an American politician who served as a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 1996 to 2017. He represented part of Fulton County for the 39th district. His district included part of Atlanta and East Point. Fort was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 Atlanta mayoral election.
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Brian Wanamaker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brian Steven Wanamaker is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Philadelphia, he played high school basketball for Roman Catholic High School. He began his college career with Central Connecticut before transferring to Lon Morris as a sophomore. The combo guard spent his final two seasons at Texas Wesleyan.
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Bruce Hyer
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpolitician
- Biography
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Bruce Tolhurst Hyer is a Canadian politician, businessman, and ecologist. He is the former deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada and the former Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North. Hyer was elected in the 2008 federal election, and re-elected with a wider margin in the 2011 federal election; on both occasions while standing for the New Democratic Party.
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Dave Patenaude
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- American football coach
- Biography
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Dave Patenaude is an American football coach. Patenaude spent the 2023 season as an Analyst at the University of Virginia. He was previously the offensive coordinator at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, Patenaude was the offensive coordinator at Columbia University, Georgetown University, Coastal Carolina University, and Temple University, where he produced multiple All-Americans. Patenaude also served as the head football coach at University of New Haven for two seasons, from 2002 to 2003, before the program was temporarily discontinued.
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Javier Mojica
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Javier Alexis Mojica is a Puerto Rican basketball player who plays for Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Central Connecticut.
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Dave Racaniello
- Occupations
- baseball coach
- Biography
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David Racaniello, usually known as Dave and nicknamed Rac, is a bullpen catcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Maria Sanford
- Occupations
- lecturerprofessor
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Maria Louise Sanford was an American educator. She was a professor of history at Swarthmore College from 1871 to 1880 and a professor of rhetoric and elocution at the University of Minnesota from 1880 to 1909.
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Walter Eli Clark
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- editorpoliticianjournalistpublisher
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Walter Eli Clark was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. In addition to his journalistic activities, he was the last Governor of the District of Alaska from 1909 to 1912, and the first Governor of Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1913.
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Fran P. Mainella
- Biography
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Frances P. Mainella was the 16th Director of the National Park Service of the United States and first woman to hold that position. She was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2001. She announced her retirement in July 2006 and resigned effective October 15, 2006. Mary A. Bomar, was sworn-in as the 17th Director on October 17, 2006. Mainella was in charge of the NPS when it allowed Redskin's Owner Dan Snyder to illegally remove 130 trees from his property, and while the park ranger who blew the whistle on this activity, Ranger Robert M. Danno, was persecuted at length. She subsequently gave contradictory accounts of this to federal investigators.
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Chris Casey
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Chris Casey is an American head college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team. He was the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. On March 11, 2019, he was released. He finished at Niagara with a six-year record of 64–129. He took over the head coach position after former head coach Jay Young stepped down as head coach on October 16, 2023. Casey was the interim head coach through the whole of the regular season, but was named head coach on March 12, 2024.
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Francis M. Mullen
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Francis M. "Bud" Mullen, Jr. is a former executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and former Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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Skip Jutze
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher.
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Aric Rindfleisch
- Occupations
- business theorist
- Biography
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Aric Rindfleisch, is an American marketing author and professor. He is the Executive Director of the Illinois MakerLab at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and John M. Jones Professor of Marketing. He was included in "The Best 300 Professors" list compiled by The Princeton Review in 2012. Rindfleisch is a former executive at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. In 2015 he started a course on digital marketing at Coursera. He also served as an officer in the US Army Reserve for 14 years.
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Joe Clifford
- Occupations
- writereditor
- Biography
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Joe Clifford is an American author and editor. His work crosses genres but features mystery and crime fiction. Past struggles with addiction, about which he is candid, have fundamentally influenced his writing.
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C. J. Stevens
- Occupations
- translatorexplorerbiographer
- Biography
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Clysle Julius Stevens (8 December 1927 – 9 December 2021) was a writer. He published over 30 books (including poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and biography), and was published in hundreds of magazines. The United States Library of Congress contains a special collection of his works.
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Leah Blayney
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Leah Janine Blayney is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who represented Boston Breakers in the American WPS. She played for Australia at the 2004 FIFA Under 19 Women's World Championship and 2006 FIFA Under 20 Women's World Championship. She waas the head coach of the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team from 2019–2024. Currently she is the assistant manager of the Japan women's national football team.
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Hannah Bromley
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Hannah Bromley in New Plymouth, New Zealand, is a former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and central defender. She has represented New Zealand on the senior national team as well as various youth national teams.
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Eugenia Kim
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Eugenia Kim is a Korean American writer and novelist who lives in Washington, D.C. She is most known for her debut novel, The Calligrapher's Daughter (2008), which was critically acclaimed and won multiple awards, including the 2009 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction. Kim teaches at Fairfield University's MFA Creative Writing program.
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Carmen E. Espinosa
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- judge
- Biography
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Carmen E. Espinosa is a former justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. She became a senior justice on July 16, 2017.
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Josue Paul
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- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Josue Wildor Paul is an American former gridiron football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL draft. He played college football at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).
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Michael J. Ingelido
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Ingelido was an American Air Force major general who was commander of the Fourteenth Aerospace Force, (Air Defense Command), Ent Air Force Base, Colorado.
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Bill Detrick
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- basketball coachbasketball player
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William H. Detrick was an American college basketball and golf coach. He was most notable as head men's basketball coach at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), where he served for 29 seasons and won a school-record 468 games.
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Christiana Solomou
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Christiana Solomou "Solo" is a Cypriot football midfielder, who played for Sparta Prague in the Czech First Division.
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Olive Pond Amies
- Years
- 1844-1917 (aged 73)
- Occupations
- educator
- Biography
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Olive Pond Amies was an American educator, lecturer, and editor from the U.S. state of New York. She founded the training school for teachers in Lewiston, Maine; served as editor of a Universalist Church publication; and was the first president of the Woman's Health Protective Association of the United States. Amies favored the temperance movement and women's suffrage.
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Guido Mutis
- Biography
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Guido Mutis Carrasco was an English literature professor at the Valdivia campus of the Austral University of Chile and director of the Valdivia International Film Festival. During his life he made important contributions to national cinema studies and Chilean literature.
