Joe Bolden

Defensive Coordinator at Southern Miss since 2025.

Seasons coached: 11
First season: 2016
Teams: 7

Career

8 stints

2016MichiganGraduate Assistant
2017–2018Washington StateHead Coach
2019USCAssistant Coach
2020–2021Ohio StateDefensive Graduate Assistant
2022NevadaSpecial Teams CoordinatorOutside Linebackers
2023TulsaSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Assistant
2024TulsaDefensive Run Game Coordinator
2025–presentSouthern MissDefensive Coordinator

Coaching tree

9 mentors, 15 protégés, 1 branch — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

24

9 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

21

6 more, most recent shown first.

Tenure

11 seasons

Moves

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