Art Asselta was a quarterback at Ithical College where he also got his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education. Asselta went on to get a Mastger's degree from Virginia and a Doctorate from North Colorado. After a brief two year stint playing semi-pro ball, Asselta turned to coaching and had 12w years of experience before joining the Montreal Alouettes as an assistant coach in 1980. Asselta was in charge of the receivers and special teams for the Alouettes.
Asselta then went on abit of a coaching tour in the CFL and NFL over the next few years. Asselta was an assistant with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1981, returned to Montreal in 1982, spent two years in Winnipeg in 1983 and 1984, one year in Buffalo in 1985 and back tgo the CFL witgh the Toronto Argonauts in 1986.
