Norman Joseph

Norman Bradley Joseph (born December 28, 1954) is an American football college coach and former player. He is the assistant head football coach and quarterbacks coach for Northwestern State University, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi from 2005 to 2013. Joseph served as the head football coach at Belhaven College from 1998 to 2000 and at Louisiana College in 2004.

Playing career Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Joseph played college football at Mississippi State University and earned Churchman All-American honors in 1976. Joseph earned his B.S. in speech education from Mississippi State in 1977 and a Masters of Education Degree while coaching at Northeast Louisiana University in 1979.

Coaching career Joseph has coached as an assistant at Northeast Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, Northwestern State University, Southern Mississippi, San Jose State University and Midwestern State University He enjoyed much success as an assistant coach, including turning San Jose State into one of the best offensive teams at the collegiate level.

Joseph was the first head football coach for the Belhaven College Blazers located in Jackson, Mississippi and he held that position for three seasons, from 1998 until 2000. During his three seasons there, the Blazers were 4-6 in 1998, and 7-4 in 1999 and 2000 (16-16 overall).

At Belhaven, Joseph became the only coach in the NAIA in history to produce both a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver in a program's first two seasons of existence. helped him to lead Belhaven to a top 25 National ranking for six consecutive weeks in only the school's second season of play. to replace Marty Secord for the 2004 season. The Choctaws finished 5-5 and 8-2 in 2006 and 2007, respectively. His 2008 squad began the season ranked #25 in the NCAA's Division III, but fell from the polls after an opening week, 42–6 defeat at the hands of rival Millsaps and finished the year 5-5. In 2009, the Choctaws finished 9-3 and reached the Division III playoffs. After 4 consecutive losing seasons, Joseph stepped down as the Choctaws head coach in 2013, prior to MC's move to Division II.

In 2024, Joseph returned to Northwestern State as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under new head coach Blaine McCorkle. In 2025, he shifted to assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach.

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