Joe Moorhead Salary At Penn State

Joe Moorhead Salary At Penn State

Joe Moorhead is the head coach at Penn State. He was hired in January 2018 and signed a seven-year contract that pays him an average of $2.8 million per year.

Moorhead’s total compensation package includes base salary, bonuses, other payments and retirement benefits. He earned $2.8 million in 2018, including $1.7 million in base salary, $1.6 million in bonuses and incentives and $150,000 in other payouts.

Joe Moorhead Salary At Penn State

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Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAkron
ConferenceMAC
Record0–0
Biographical details
BornNovember 2, 1973 (age 48)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1992–1995Fordham
1996Munich Cowboys
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999Pittsburgh (GA)
2000Georgetown (RB)
2001–2002Georgetown (QB)
2003Georgetown (OC/QB)
2004Akron (WR/RC)
2005Akron (AHC/PGC/WR/RC)
2006–2008Akron (OC/QB)
2009–2010Connecticut (OC/QB)
2011Connecticut (QB)
2012–2015Fordham
2016–2017Penn State (OC/QB)
2018–2019Mississippi State
2020–2021Oregon (OC/QB)
2022–presentAkron
Head coaching record
Overall52–25
Bowls0–2
Tournaments2–3 (NCAA D-I FCS playoffs)

Joe Moorhead (born November 2, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Akron. He was the offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon from 2020 to 2021, and the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2018 to 2019.

Prior to entering coaching, Moorhead played as a quarterback at Fordham University from 1992 to 1995 and professionally for the Munich Cowboys of the German Football League in 1996.

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Coaching career[edit]

Early years[edit]

After a short professional playing career, the Pittsburgh-born Moorhead began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh.[1] He was hired as running backs coach at Georgetown University in 2000, eventually being elevated to quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator by 2003. In 2004, Moorhead began a five-year stint at the University of Akron, including two years as the offensive coordinator. Moorhead joined the University of Connecticut staff in 2009 as offensive coordinator. The Huskies won a Big East Championship in 2010 and made an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl.

Fordham[edit]

Moorhead was named the head football coach at Fordham University on December 16, 2011. He is believed to be the first former Patriot League player to return to the conference as a head coach. Inheriting a 1–10 team, the Rams had the second largest turnaround in FCS in 2012 (6–5). The Rams opened the 2013 season with ten consecutive wins, the best start in Fordham’s history.

Penn State[edit]

On December 12, 2015, Moorhead was named the offensive coordinator for the Penn State football team. During James Franklin‘s first two years as head coach (and prior to Moorhead’s arrival), the Penn State offense averaged 335.3 yards per game in 2014 and 348.4 yards per game in 2015. Under Moorhead’s offensive system during the 2016 season, offensive output at Penn State improved to 432.6 yards per game.[2][3][4]

On August 24, 2017, Moorhead was named the No. 1 rising assistant in college football by Sports Illustrated and Yahoo.[5]

Mississippi State[edit]

On November 28, 2017, Moorhead was hired as the head coach at Mississippi State University, replacing Dan Mullen who had been with Mississippi State for nine seasons before being hired by the University of Florida.[6][7]

Moorhead led the Bulldogs to an 8-4 record in 2018, tied for the most wins for a first-year coach in school history. However, his second season got off to a rough start when it emerged that 10 players allowed a tutor to take tests and complete coursework for them. The players were all suspended for eight games, severely limiting the Bulldogs’ depth. Fans were also angered by a pedestrian offense and upsets by Kansas State and Tennessee. There was also concern that he didn’t really fit in with Mississippi State’s culture,[8] even though he’d taken the podium ringing a cowbell when he was formally introduced as head coach.[9]

According to ESPN, Mississippi State officials intended to fire Moorhead if he didn’t defeat Ole Miss in the 2019 Egg Bowl.[10] However, the Bulldogs won that game 21-20 to become bowl-eligible, making Moorhead only the third Bulldog coach to win his first two Egg Bowls. At an emotional press conference the following day, Moorhead tried to knock down the rumors about his job security, saying, “This is my school, this is my team, this is my program,” and that anyone who thought otherwise could “pound sand and kick rocks.” He added, “You’ll have to drag my Yankee ass out of here.”[11][12]

However, on January 3, 2020, Moorhead was fired after finishing 6–7 following a 38–28 loss to Louisville in the Music City Bowl. Besides the Bulldogs’ lackluster performance in that game, athletic director John Cohen and other school officials were angered when they learned quarterback Garrett Shrader had suffered an eye injury during a fight in practice. Shrader had missed the game with what Moorhead initially described as an “upper body injury.”[13][8]

Oregon[edit]

After his firing from Mississippi State, Moorhead was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon on January 21, 2020.[14]

Akron[edit]

Moorhead returned to Akron as its head coach following the 2021 season, replacing Tom Arth.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Moorhead graduated from Fordham University in 1996 with a B.A. in English. Moorhead and his wife, Jennifer have three children, Kyra, Mason, and Donovan. [16]

Head coaching record[edit]

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsAP/TSN/STATS#Coaches°
Fordham Rams (Patriot League) (2012–2015)
2012Fordham6–50–0
2013Fordham12–20–0L FCS Second Round910
2014Fordham11–36–01stL FCS Second Round1114
2015Fordham9–35–12ndL FCS First Round1919
Fordham:38–1311–1
Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2018–2019)
2018Mississippi State8–50–44th (Western)L Outback25
2019Mississippi State6–73–55th (Western)L Music City
Mississippi State:14–123–9
Akron Zips (Mid-American Conference) (2022–present)
2022Akron0–0
Akron:0–0
Total:52–25
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.°Rankings from final AP Poll.

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