Joe Purzycki

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Joe Purzycki
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1947-02-20) February 20, 1947
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1984 1985–1990	Delaware State James Madison
Head coaching record
Overall	55–51–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Joseph "Joe" Purzycki (born February 20, 1947) was a college football head coach for Delaware State University and James Madison University between 1981 and 1990. Purzycki was the first white man to ever be named a head football coach at an historically black college, which occurred when he was elected Delaware State's newest head coach in 1981.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Delaware State Hornets (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1981–1984)
1981	Delaware State	2–9
1982	Delaware State	4–7
1983	Delaware State	7–3–1
1984	Delaware State	8–2
James Madison Dukes (Yankee Conference) (1985–1990)
1985	James Madison	5–6
1986	James Madison	5–5–1
1987	James Madison	9–3
1988	James Madison	5–6
1989	James Madison	5–4–1
1990	James Madison	5–6
Total:		55–51–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

External links

A Legacy Like No Other: Twenty-five years later, a courageous move is paying off in an unexpected way

Delaware State Hornets head football coaches

Unknown (1924–1930)
James Powell Calvin (1931)
John L. McKinley (1932)
Edward Jackson (1933–1939)
No team (1940)
Edward Jackson (1941–1942)
No team (1943)
Edward Jackson (1944–1945)
Tom Conrad (1946–1949)
Robert White (1950–1951)
Willard S. Jones (1952)
Edward Jackson (1953–1956)
Bennie J. George (1957–1959)
Preston Mitchell (1960)
Roy D. Moore (1961–1964)
Ulysses S. Washington (1965–1966)
Arnold Jeter (1967–1974)
Edmond Wyche (1975–1978)
Charles Henderson (1979–1980)
Joe Purzycki (1981–1984)
William Collick (1985–1996)
John McKenzie (1997–1999)
Ben Blacknall (2000–2003)
Butch Posey # (2003)
Al Lavan (2004–2010)
Kermit Blount (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e James Madison Dukes head football coaches

Challace McMillin (1972–1984) Joe Purzycki (1985–1990) Rip Scherer (1991–1994) Alex Wood (1995–1998) Mickey Matthews (1999–2013) Everett Withers (2014–)

Persondata
Name	Purzycki, Joe
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	February 20, 1947
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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