Joe Novak

Not currently on a staff.

Seasons coached: 27
First season: 1972
Teams: 5

Career

7 stints

1972–1973Warren Western Reserve (OH)Head Coach
1974–1976Miami (OH)dcLinebackers
1977–1979IllinoisDefensive Line
1980–1983Northern IllinoisDefensive Coordinator
1984IndianaDefensive Coordinator
1994–1995IndianaDefensive Coordinator
1996–2007Northern IllinoisHead Coach

Coaching tree

3 mentors, 19 protégés, 9 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

24

9 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

5

Tenure

27 seasons

Northern IllinoisHead coach · 1996–200712
Northern IllinoisCoordinator · 1980–19834
IndianaCoordinator · 1984–19953
IllinoisPosition coach · 1977–19793
Miami (OH)Coordinator · 1974–19763
Warren Western Reserve (OH)Head coach · 1972–19732

Pipeline

3 of 9 coordinators

14 seasonsSam Pittmanunder at Northern Illinois 2003 · head coach at Arkansas2020
15 seasonsMatt Canadaunder at Northern Illinois 1998 · head coach at Maryland2018
10 seasonsScott Shaferunder at Northern Illinois 1996 · head coach at Syracuse2013

Moves

Nothing on the wire for Joe Novak. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.

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