Joe Harasymiak

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Joe Harasymiak
Current position
Title Defensive coordinator
Team Rutgers
Conference Big Ten
Biographical details
Born (1986-06-23) June 23, 1986 (age 37)
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007 Springfield (MA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008 Maine Maritime (assistant)
2009–2010 Springfield (MA) (GA)
2011–2013 Maine (DB)
2014–2015Maine (DC/LB)
2016–2018Maine
2019 Minnesota (S)
2020–2021Minnesota (co-DC/S)
2022–present Rutgers (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall20–15
Tournaments2–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 CAA (2018)

Joe Harasymiak (born June 23, 1986) is an American college football coach who is the defensive coordinator at Rutgers University, a position he has held since 2022. He previously the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Minnesota. In December 2015, Harasymiak became the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I football when he was named to the post at the University of Maine. [1] He served as head coach of the Maine Black Bears from 2016 to 2018, leading them to a record of 20–15 in three season. His 2018 Maine Black Bears football team won the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs.

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Early life

Harasymiak was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He grew up in Waldwick, New Jersey and was a quarterback for the football team at Waldwick High School. [2] He graduated with a physical education degree from Springfield College, where he played football and served as a team captain. [3]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Harasymiak began his coaching career at the Maine Maritime Academy in 2008 and the following year became a graduate assistant at Springfield College working with quarterbacks and wide receivers

Maine

Harasymiak was hired by the University of Maine in February 2011 to coach the defensive backs coach. He remained in that position until the end of the 2013 season when was promoted to defensive coordinator for Maine for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, during which time the Black Bears defense finished in the top 3 in conference and top 20 nationwide. [1] He assumed the role of interim head coach in November 2015. [4]

On December 16, 2015, University of Maine Director of Athletics Karlton Creech announced Harasymiak as the head coach for University of Maine football. At the time he was the youngest Division I head coach. [5]

2016

In his first year as head coach, Harasymiak led the Black Bears to a 6–5 mark doubled its total from the 2015 season, including a 5–3 record in inter-division games. The Black Bears, ended the year fifth in the CAA standings, totaling the school's most league wins since Maine's CAA title season in 2013.

2017

In 2017 the team regressed to a 4–6 record. Though individually, eight Black Bears earned All-CAA honors under Harasymiak's tutelage.

2018

In 2018, he led the Maine to a 10–4 record, with a 7–1 conference mark and a CAA championship its first since 2013. Maine advanced to its first FCS national semifinal appearance in its history. Harasymiak was awarded FCS coach of the year by the American Football Coaches Association after the Black Bears' historic season.

Minnesota

Harasymiak decided to go to the FBS level and joined the Minnesota staff in December 2018 as the team's safeties coach under defensive coordinator Joe Rossi who he worked with at Maine. [6] In February 2020 he was promoted to Defensive Backs, Safeties and Co-Defensive Coordinator.

Rutgers

On January 7, 2022, it was announced that Harasymiak would join Rutgers as the team's defensive coordinator. [7]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs STATS#FCS°
Maine Black Bears (Colonial Athletic Association)(2016–2018)
2016 Maine 6–55–3T–4th
2017 Maine 4–63–5T–7th
2018 Maine 10–47–11stL NCAA Division I Semifinal 45
Maine:20–1515–9
Total:20–15
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

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  2. ↑ "Football: Waldwick H.S. alum named University of Maine head coach". NorthJersey.com. North Jersey Media Group. December 24, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Joe Harasymiak". University of Maine. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Joe Harasymiak named new UMaine football head coach". University of Maine. December 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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  6. ↑ "Source: Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak leaving for assistant job at Minnesota". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rutgers football hires Minnesota's Joe Harasymiak as defensive coordinator". 247Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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