Joe Gilliam, Sr.

Joe Gilliam, Sr.
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	c. 1923 Steubenville, Ohio
Died	November 14, 2012 (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1957–1958	Kentucky State
1989–1992	Tennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall	23–36–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
WVSU Sports Hall of Fame (1987)

Joseph W. Gilliam, Sr. (c. 1923 – November 14, 2012) was a former college football quarterback and coach.

Gilliam was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and began his collegiate playing career at Indiana University before transferring to West Virginia State University, where he was an All-American at quarterback.

Gilliam was head football and basketball coach at Oliver High School in Winchester, Kentucky from 1952 to 1954, winning a state championship in football in 1954.

Gilliam joined coach John Merritt's coaching staff at Jackson State University in 1955 and left in 1957 to become head coach at Kentucky State University. After compiling a record of 2-13-1 at KSU, he coached briefly at the high school level before returning to Merritt's staff at Jackson State.

He followed the legendary Merritt to Tennessee State University,^[1] where, as defensive coordinator, he helped the Tigers to four undefeated seasons and seven Black College National Titles in a 20-year span.

Gilliam would serve as head coach at TSU from 1989 to 1992, earning Ohio Valley Conference Coach Of The Year honors in 1990. He is father of former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Joe Gilliam, and the grandfather of R&B singer Joi. Gilliam was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall Of Fame in 2007. At the time of his death, Gilliam was residing in Nashville.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Tennessee State Tigers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1989–1992)
1989	Tennessee State	5–5–1	3–3	T–3rd
1990	Tennessee State	7–4	4–2	3rd
1991	Tennessee State	3–8	2–5	T–6th
1992	Tennessee State	5–6	5–3	4th
Tennessee State:		20–23–1	14–13
Total:

References

↑ Henderson, Ashyia (2002). Contemporary Black biography. Gale Research Inc. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7876-5282-1. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
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Kentucky State Thorobreds head football coaches

Durall B. Evans (1921–1923)
Louis J. Harper (1924–1925)
Scott Brown (1926)
Roscoe C. Vaught (1927)
J. T. Williams (1928–1930)
Henry Kean (1931–1942)
No team (1943)
Norman Passmore (1944)
Bill Willis (1945)
Robert White (1946)
C. Randy Taylor (1947–1950)
George E. Edwards (1951–1956)
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1957–1958)
Sam B. Taylor (1959–1962)
Mel Whedbee (1963–1967)
Charles Bates (1968–1969)
LeRoy Smith (1970–1982)
Ron Mitchell # (1982)
Larry Kirksey (1983)
Willie Williamson & Theo Lemon (1984)
James Walker (1985)
John K. Wright (1986)
William K. Head (1987–1989)
George James, Jr. (1990–1991)
Maurice Hunt (1992–1994)
George Small (1995–2000)
Donald Smith (2001–2003)
Cornell Burbage (2004)
Fred Farrier (2005–2008)
Wayne Dickens (2009–2012)
Josh Dean (2013–2015)
John L. Smith (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tennessee State Tigers head football coaches

Buck Hunt (1916)
No team (1917–1921)
Joe E. Scruggs (1922–1924)
George Davenport (1925–1926)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1927)
Harry Long (1928)
Alton Jackson (1929)
T. D. Upshaw (1930–1931)
Unknown (1932)
Walter S. Davis (1933–1936)
Reubin Munday (1937–1939)
Unknown (1940)
No team (1941–1943)
Henry Kean (1944–1954)
Howard C. Gentry (1955–1960)
Lawrence Simmons (1961–1962)
John Merritt (1963–1983)
William A. Thomas (1984–1988)
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1989–1992)
Bill Davis (1993–1995)
L. C. Cole (1996–1999)
James Reese (2000–2004)
James Webster (2005–2009)
Rod Reed (2010– )

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