Mickey Joseph
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Wide receivers coach |
| Team | LSU |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 5, 1968 |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Nebraska |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | Omaha North High School (QB/WR) |
| 1997 | Wayne State (NE) (RGC) |
| 1998 | Archbishop Shaw High School (QB) |
| 1999 | Tulane (GA) |
| 2000 | Alabama State (WR) |
| 2001–2003 | Nicholls State (QB) |
| 2004–2005 | Central Oklahoma (RB) |
| 2005–2008 | Desire Street Academy (HC and AD) |
| 2008–2011 | Langston (AHC) |
| 2011–2013 | Langston |
| 2013 | Alcorn State (AHC/WR/ST) |
| 2014–2015 | Grambling State (WR/ST) |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech (RB) |
| 2017–present | LSU (WR) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–7 |
Mickey Joseph (born March 5, 1968) is a former American football quarterback and current college football coach. Joseph serves as the wide receivers coach at Louisiana State University.
Mickey Joseph played quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The native of Marrero, Louisiana started off his career as a capable backup playing behind starters' Steve Taylor and Gerry Gdowski for his freshman and sophomore years. He took over the team as the starter in a two quarterback system with teammate Mike Grant during Joseph's junior year in 1990. As a starter at Nebraska, he led his team to a 9-2 regular season record in his only season as the team's starting signal caller under the direction of head coach Dr. Tom Osborne.
That season, Joseph got Nebraska off to a perfect 8-0-0 record as expectations in Lincoln, Nebraska were building up off a No. 3 ranking from the AP Poll. The next game came on November 3, 1990 as Nebraska faced nationally ranked No. 1 Colorado. With 2:38 left in the third quarter of this contest, Joseph connected with his tight end Johnnie Mitchell on a 48-yard touchdown pass to give the Huskers a 12-0 lead. However, Colorado surged ahead by scoring 27 unanswered fourth quarter points to win the game, 27-12.
During the regular season finale on November 23, 1990, the dual threat quarterback suffered a season-ending injury by breaking his leg early in the first quarter of the game with the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma. Without Joseph, this Nebraska team would never be the same as Oklahoma won, 45-10, and the Huskers would go on to struggle in post season play.
For the 1990 season, Joseph's team finished at 9-3 and ranked No. 24 nationally after its Citrus Bowl loss to co-national champion Georgia Tech, 45-21, on January 1, 1991. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound Joseph had cat-like quickness and ran the triple option as an option quarterback. He led Nebraska in passing yards with 624 and completed 34-of-78 passes with 11 touchdowns and six interceptions in 11 games as a junior. He also ran a tailback predicated option offense that included three I-backs—Leodis Flowers, Scott Baldwin, and Derek Brown—that combined for nearly 2,000 rushing yards. Joseph rushed 91 times for 554 yards including 10 touchdowns and recorded a longest run of 70 yards.
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