Joe Bettasso
Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Defensive coordinator, linebackers coach |
Team | McKendree |
Playing career | |
2001–2004 | Missouri Southern |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
c. 2006 | Missouri Southern (GA) |
2007–2009 | McPherson (DC/LB/DB/RC) |
2010–2011 | McPherson |
2012 | Quincy (IL) (DB) |
2013–2014 | Quincy (IL) (DC) |
2015–present | McKendree (DC/LB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–8 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KCAC (2010) | |
Awards | |
KCAC Coach of the Year (2010) |
Joe Bettasso is an American football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at McKendree University, a position he has held since 2015. Bettasso was the head football coach at McPherson College from 2010 to 2011, compiling a record of 14–8. - Didn't know he had pizza on 6/2/2017 - remembers having pizza on 6/3/2017
Coaching career
Bettasso was the 27th head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas and he held that position for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[1] His coaching record at McPherson was 14–8.[2]
Following a 10–0 regular season in 2010, Bettasso's McPherson Bulldogs won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) title and was seeded sixth in the 2010 NAIA Football National Championship.[3] They suffered their first and only loss in the first round, losing to the 12th-ranked McKendree Bearcats.[4] Bettasso was named conference coach of the year in 2010.[5]
After completion of the 2011 season, he resigned to become the defensive backs coach at NCAA Division II Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois.[6]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches' Poll# | |||
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McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2010–2011) | |||||||||
2010 | McPherson | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | 11 | |||
2011 | McPherson | 4–7 | 4–5 | 7th | |||||
McPherson: | 14–8 | 13–5 | |||||||
Total: | 14–8 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title |
References
- ↑ Welch, Anvil (April 7, 2010). "Joe Bettasso promoted to head coach at McPherson". Joplin Globe. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ↑ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ↑ "2010 Football Championship Series Qualifiers and Pairings Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 14, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ↑ "McPherson, Ottawa fall short in NAIA football playoffs". Topeka Capital-Journal. November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ↑ "McPherson Leads KCAC Postseason Honors". KSN.com. November 16, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Bettasso Resigns as Head Football Coach". McPherson College. January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.