Billy_Joe_(American_football) Knowpia

Rushing yards:	2,010
Yards per carry:	3.7
Rushing touchdowns:	15

Billy Joe
No. 18, 3, 33, 35
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	October 14, 1940 (age 83); Aynor, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College:	Villanova
NFL draft:	1963 / Round: 9 / Pick: 119
AFL draft:	1963 / Round: 11 / Pick: 85
Career history
As a player:
	Denver Broncos (1963–1964); Buffalo Bills (1965); Miami Dolphins (1966); New York Jets (1967–1969);
As a coach:
	Cheyney (1970); Assistant coach; Maryland (1971); Assistant coach; Cheyney (1972–1978); Head coach; Philadelphia Eagles (1979–1980); Running backs coach; Central State (1981–1993); Head coach; Florida A&M (1994–2004); Head coach; Miles (2008–2010); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (III); AFL champion (1968); AFL All-Star (1965); AFL champion (1965); AFL Rookie of the Year (1963); NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1992); 3× MEAC Coach of the Year (1995–1996, 2001); Second-team All-East (1962);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	2,010
Yards per carry:	3.7
Rushing touchdowns:	15
	College Football Hall of Fame

William Joe (born October 14, 1940) is an American former football player and coach. He played professionally as a running back in the American Football League (AFL).

Playing career edit

Joe was the American Football League Rookie of the Year in 1963 with the AFL's Denver Broncos. In 1965, he was traded to the Buffalo Bills for their legendary fullback, Cookie Gilchrist,^[1] and made the AFL All-Star Team, starting for the Bills in their 1965 AFL Championship victory over the San Diego Chargers.

Coaching career edit

Before becoming a head coach, his tenure as an assistant coach included a year at Maryland in 1971, making him the first African-American coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Joe later was a successful college head coach for 33 seasons. He coached at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1978, Central State University from 1981 to 1993, Florida A&M University from 1994 to 2004, and Miles College from 2008 to 2010. Joe achieved his greatest success at Central State, where his teams won two NAIA National Football Championships, in 1990 and 1992, and made many appearances in the NAIA football playoffs during the 1980s and 1990s. He teams at Florida A&M have made various appearances in the Division I-AA (now FCS) playoffs during the 1990s and early 2000s.^[2]

In addition, Joe has won five straight black college football national championships with Central State University (1986–1990) and one with Florida A&M (1998). In 2007, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach.

Players coached by Joe who went on to the NFL/CFL/Arena League are:

Central State University: Vince Buck, Vince Heflin, Erik Williams and Hugh Douglas
Florida A&M: Jamie Brown, Jamie Nails, Terry Mickens, Dexter Nottage, Wally Williams, Earl Holmes, Robert Wilson, Tony Bland, and Quinn Gray

After a two-season absence as a coach, Joe was named head football coach at Miles College, an NCAA Division II school in Fairfield, Alabama on December 12, 2007. He resigned in October 2010, citing poor health. Assistant coach Patrick Peasant took over the team on an interim basis.^[3]

He finished his college coaching career with a record of 245–157–4. His number of victories are second only to Eddie Robinson among coaches at historically black colleges and universities.

Head coaching record edit


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cheyney Wolves (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1972–1978)
1972	Cheyney	6–3	2–3	5th (Eastern)
1973	Cheyney	5–4	3–2	4th (Eastern)
1974	Cheyney	5–4	2–4	5th (Eastern)
1975	Cheyney	4–6	2–4	6th (Eastern)
1976	Cheyney	1–7	1–5	6th (Eastern)
1977	Cheyney	4–5	1–4	6th (Eastern)
1978	Cheyney	6–3	4–1	2nd (Eastern)
Cheyney:		31–32	15–23
Central State Marauders (NCAA Division II independent) (1981–1986)
1981	Central State	4–7
1982	Central State	7–4
1983	Central State	12–1			L NCAA Division II Championship
1984	Central State	9–2			L NCAA Division II First Round
1985	Central State	8–3			L NCAA Division II First Round
1986	Central State	10–1–1			L NCAA Division II Semifinal
Central State Marauders (NAIA Division I independent) (1987–1993)
1987	Central State	10–1–1			L NAIA Division I First Round
1988	Central State	11–2			L NAIA Division I Semifinal
1989	Central State	10–3			L NAIA Division I Semifinal
1990	Central State	10–1			W NAIA Division I Championship
1991	Central State	11–2			L NAIA Division I Championship
1992	Central State	12–1			W NAIA Division I Championship
1993	Central State	8–1–2			L NAIA Division I Semifinal
Central State:		120–30–4
Florida A&M Rattlers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1994–2003)
1994	Florida A&M	6–5	2–4	T–5th
1995	Florida A&M	9–3	6–0	1st	L Heritage
1996	Florida A&M	9–3	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1997	Florida A&M	9–3	5–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1998	Florida A&M	11–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
1999	Florida A&M	11–4	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
2000	Florida A&M	9–3	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
2001	Florida A&M	7–4	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
2002	Florida A&M	7–5	5–3	T–2nd
2003	Florida A&M	6–6	3–4	6th
Florida A&M Rattlers (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (2004)
2004	Florida A&M	3–8
Florida A&M:		86–46	56–17
Miles Golden Bears (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008–2010)
2008	Miles	2–8	2–7	T–8th
2009	Miles	4–7	3–6	T–7th
2010	Miles	2–4
Miles:		8–19
Total:		245–157–4

References edit

^ "Cookie's in trouble - Broncs threaten $400,000 action". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. July 27, 1965. p. 2D. Retrieved September 29, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^ Connelly, Bill (May 4, 2016). "That time FAMU nearly made it in college football's top level, but the timing was all wrong". SBNation.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
^ "Miles coach Billy Joe resigns, cites health" (October 5, 2010) Sports Illustrated