Joe Purzycki

Joe Purzycki
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1947-02-20) February 20, 1947
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1984	Delaware State
1985–1990	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. Purzycki was an assistant at the University of Delaware prior to his Delaware State tenure, where he learned the Wing T offense from College Football Hall of Fame coach Tubby Raymond.

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 Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#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 (2011–2014)
Kenneth Carter (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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 (2014–2015) Mike Houston (2016– )

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