Noah Joseph, who has 20 years of coaching experience, has been named general manager of East Carolina Football according to an announcement by head coach Blake Harrell on Sunday.
Joseph’s hire ends a two-year stint at Purdue University (2023-24) where he served in the same role with the Boilermakers. During that time, he was responsible for player personnel and roster management, scouting and player evaluation, recruiting budget, management of name, image and likeness (NIL) as well as revenue sharing along with various other items.
“We are thrilled to welcome Noah and his family to East Carolina and Pirate Nation,” Harrell said. “In the new landscape of college football, I thought it was important to get someone who has been in the GM role before, and Noah certainly has that experience. With his extensive coaching background, ability to evaluate and recruit student-athletes in addition to the GM knowledge, he will help our program move forward.”
The Ohio native arrived in West Lafayette after spending two seasons at Missouri as a defensive analyst. Prior to his time with the Tigers, he served as Rutgers’ co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for a pair of seasons (2018-19).
Joseph spent four seasons in the Big Ten as a member of the Indiana coaching staff where he oversaw the safeties and served as recruiting coordinator on the defensive side of the ball. In 2017, the Hoosiers ranked fourth in the Big Ten in passing defense, and in 2016, the Joseph-coached secondary accounted for 13 takeaways, while Marcelino Ball, Jonathan Crawford and Tony Fields were third, fourth and fifth, respectively on the team in tackles. In his first season at Indiana, Joseph’s safeties accounted for seven of IU’s 13 interceptions.
Prior to his stint at Indiana, Joseph spent two seasons at North Texas as the safeties coach and recruiting coordinator in 2012 and 2013. While there, the Mean Green finished 2013 with a 9-4 record and won the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The nine wins tied for the second-most victories in program history. Joseph coached a pair of All-Conference USA selections that season in Marcus Trice and Lairamie Lee, including a safeties group that had eight interceptions, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
Joseph served as co-defensive coordinator in 2011 at Montana State and was the secondary coach and recruiting coordinator from 2007-10. The Bobcats secondary led the Big Sky Conference in pass efficiency defense (18th nationally) and pass defense (22nd nationally). Montana State finished 27th in the country in total defense and recorded 44 sacks, which led the league and ranked seventh in the nation.
During his four seasons at Eastern Illinois University from 2003-06, Joseph produced one of the top pass efficiency defenses in the nation in 2005. He also worked as a graduate assistant at Drake University (2000), Eastern Kentucky University (2001) and Iowa State University (2002).
Joseph played collegiately at Drake, where he earned Academic All-Pioneer Football League honors and was captain of the 1998 team. Joseph holds the school record for the longest interception return (100 yards) at Wayne (Neb.) State in 1997. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Drake in 1999 and a master’s degree in education from Iowa State in 2003.
Joseph and his wife Lyla have two daughters, Lily and Chloe.
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