Billy Joe (American football)

William "Billy" Joe
Born	(1940-10-14) October 14, 1940 Aynor, South Carolina
Position(s)	Running back
College	Villanova
AFL Draft	1963 / Round 11 / Pick 85
NFL Draft	1963 / Round 9 / Pick 119 (By the Washington Redskins)
Jersey #(s)	18, 3, 33, 35
Career highlights
AFL All-Star	1965
Awards	AFL Rookie of the Year, 1963
Honors	AFL Champion, 1965
Statistics
Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Teams
1963-1964 1965 1966 1967-1969	AFL Denver Broncos AFL Buffalo Bills AFL Miami Dolphins AFL New York Jets

College Football Hall of Fame, 2007

William "Billy" Joe (born October 14, 1940) is a former collegiate and professional American football player and former college football head coach. He 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, and made the AFL All-Star Team, starting for the Bills in their 1965 AFL Championship victory over the San Diego Chargers.

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 2007 to 2010. Joe achieved his greatest success at Central State, where his teams won 2 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.

In addition, Joe has won five straight Black college football national championships with Central State University (1986,1987,1988,1989,1990) and one Black college football national championship with Florida A&M (1998). In 2007 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The number of players who were 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, and Quinn Gray

After a two-season absence as a coach, Joe was named head football coach at Miles College, a Division II school in Fairfield, Alabama on December 12, 2007.^[1] He resigned in October 2010, citing poor health. Assistant coach Patrick Peasant took over the team on an interim basis.^[2]

He finished his career with 243 wins 133 losses, 2 ties. His number of victories are second only to Eddie Robinson among coaches at historically black colleges and universities.

References

^ http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1197450965224170.xml&coll=2
^ "Miles coach Billy Joe resigns, cites health" (October 5, 2010) Sports Illustrated

External links

Billy Joe at the College Football Hall of Fame
Billy Joe at the College Football Data Warehouse

Cheyney Wolves head football coaches

James Stevenson (1958–1965)
Billy Joe (1972–1978)
Andy Hinson (1979–1984)
Michael Costa (1984–1989)
Rick Comegy (1990–1991)
Chris Roulhac (1992–1994)
Vincent Williams (1995–1997)
John Parker (1998–2001)
Lee Brown (2002–2004)
Tim Newsom (2005–2007)
Jeff Braxton (2008–2010)
Ken Lockard (2011–2013)
Anthony Johnson # (2014)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Central State Marauders head football coaches

Gaston F. Lewis (1947–1956) James J. Walker (1957–1964) Tom Stephenson (1965–1966) James J. Walker (1967–1973) James McKinley (1974–1976) Maurice Hunt (1977–1978) Joseph Redmond (1979–1980) Billy Joe (1981–1992) Rick Comegy (1993–1995) Jack Bush (1996) No team (1997–2004) Theo Lemon (2005) Al West (2006–2008) E. J. Junior (2009– )

Florida A&M Rattlers head football coaches

Jubie Bragg (1907–1909)
No team (1910–1919)
Jubie Bragg (1920–1923)
No team (1924)
Jubie Bragg (1925)
Jazz Byrd (1926–1929)
Jubie Bragg (1930–1931)
Unknown (1932)
Ted Wright (1933)
Eugene J. Bragg (1934–1935)
Bill Bell (1936–1942)
Herman Nielson (1943–1944)
Jake Gaither (1945–1969)
Pete Griffin (1970)
Clarence Montgomery (1971)
Big Jim Williams (1972–1973)
Rudy Hubbard (1974–1985)
Ken Riley (1986–1993)
Billy Joe (1994–2004)
Rubin Carter (2005–2007)
Joe Taylor (2008–2012)
Earl Holmes (2012–2014)
Corey Fuller (2014- )(interim)

Miles Golden Bears head football coaches

Professor Jordan (1910–1914)
Coach Osborner (1915–1917)
No team (1918–1919)
Coach Poole (1920–1924)
Coach Reeves (1925–1926)
L. W. Ford (1927–1930)
W. O. Amos (1931–1933)
T. J. Knox (1934–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
T. J. Knox (1946–1967)
Ocie Brown (1968–1971)
Jim Holifield (1972–1974)
Earl Cheatham (1975–1978)
No team (1979)
Theophilus Danzy (1980–1982)
Donald Harris (1983–1985)
James Owens (1986–1989)
Jim Barkum (1990)
Anthony Colvin (1991–1992)
Ronald Cook (1993)
Cecil Leonard (1994–2000)
Wade Streeter (2001–2007)
Billy Joe (2008–2010)
Patrick Peasant # (2010)
Reginald Ruffin (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Billy Joe—championships, awards, and honors

Preceded by Curtis McClinton	American Football League Rookie of the Year 1963	Succeeded by Matt Snell

Buffalo Bills 1965 AFL Champions

Miami Dolphins 1966 Inaugural Season Roster

Washington Redskins 1963 NFL Draft selections

Pat Richter Lonnie Sanders Ron Snidow Charley Nickoson Dave Francis Billy Joe Rod Foster Allen Schau Bob Caldwell John Greiner Tom Winingder Harry Butsko Dave Adams Ron Whaley Drew Roberts Jim Turner Joe Baughan

Draft Years

Billy Joe (American football)