Kerry Joseph
HAMMOND – Kerry Joseph, one of the most accomplished players in the history of the Southland Conference, has joined the Southeastern Louisiana football coaching staff, SLU head coach Frank Scelfo announced on Thursday.
Joseph is currently the interim running backs coach and passing game coordinator. His hire will be pending the approval of the University of Louisiana System’s Board of Supervisors.
Joseph opened his coaching career at his alma mater, McNeese, where he spent the past three seasons as co-offensive coordinator. In 2016 and 2017, his duties included working with the team’s wide receivers, while he coached quarterbacks in 2018. He also served training camp internships with the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Joseph, a native of New Iberia, joined the coaching ranks after a near two-decade professional career that saw him play in the NFL, CFL, NFL Europe and World League.
He spent the majority of his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks, playing in 56 games at safety from 1998-2001. He made 14 starts in Seattle and intercepted three passes during the 2009 season.
His highest point as a pro came during the 2007 season as a member of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders. Joseph, the CFL’s Outstanding Player that season, helped the Roughriders to their third Grey Cup.
As a quarterback at McNeese from 1992-95, Joseph led the Cowboys to 41 wins and three Southland Conference titles as a starter. During his time under center, McNeese won its first playoff game in school history (1992) and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in 1995.
The Southland Conference and Louisiana Player of the Year as a senior, Joseph helped that 1995 Cowboy squad to a 13-1 record, as McNeese spent the majority of the season ranked No. 1 nationally. A 2012 Southland Conference Hall of Honor inductee and a member of the McNeese Sports Hall of Fame, Joseph threw for 7,874 yards and a school record 67 touchdown passes during his four years in Lake Charles.
“We’re fortunate to add one of the greatest Southland Conference players of all time to our staff,” Scelfo said. “His extensive experience as a player and coach in this league will allow him to be a valuable mentor to our student-athletes. We want to build our program with Louisiana players and coaches first, so to add another native of our state to the family is an added bonus.”
2019 Southeastern Football Spring Practice Schedule
Saturday, March 23 – 9:50 a.m.
Tuesday, March 26 – 3:50 p.m.
Thursday, March 28 – 3:50 p.m.
Saturday, March 30 – 9:50 a.m.
Tuesday, April 2 – 3:50 p.m.
Thursday, April 4 – 3:50 p.m.
Saturday, April 6 – 9:50 a.m.
Tuesday, April 9 – 3:50 p.m.
Thursday, April 11 – 3:50 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 – Spring Game – 2 p.m.
