Joe Bettasso Explained

Joe Bettasso
Current Title:Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Current Team:Missouri Southern
Current Conference:MIAA
Player Years1:2001–2004
Player Team1:Missouri Southern
Player Positions:Defensive back
Coach Years1:2006
Coach Team1:Missouri Southern (GA)
Coach Years2:2007–2009
Coach Team2:McPherson (DC/LB/DB/RC)
Coach Years3:2010–2011
Coach Team3:McPherson
Coach Years4:2012
Coach Team4:Quincy (IL) (DB)
Coach Years5:2013–2014
Coach Team5:Quincy (IL) (DC)
Coach Years6:2015–2017
Coach Team6:McKendree (DC/LB)
Coach Years7:2018
Coach Team7:Missouri Southern (DC)
Coach Years8:2018
Coach Team8:Missouri Southern (interim HC)
Coach Years9:2019–present
Coach Team9:Missouri Southern (DC/LB)
Overall Record:15–15
Tournament Record:0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Championships:1 KCAC (2010)
Awards:KCAC Coach of the Year (2010)

Joe Bettasso is an American college football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Missouri Southern State University, positions he has held since 2019. Bettasso served as the interim head coach for 2018 and in 2021. Bettasso was formerly the defensive coordinator at McKendree University and, prior to that, Quincy University. Bettasso was the head football coach at McPherson College from 2010 to 2011, compiling a record of 14–8.

Coaching career

Bettasso was the 27th head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas and he held that position for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[1] His coaching record at McPherson was 14–8.[2]

Following a 10–0 regular season in 2010, Bettasso's McPherson Bulldogs won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) title and was seeded sixth in the 2010 NAIA Football National Championship.[3] They suffered their first and only loss in the first round, losing to the 12th-ranked McKendree Bearcats.[4] Bettasso was named conference coach of the year in 2010.[5]

After completion of the 2011 season, he resigned to become the defensive backs coach at NCAA Division II Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joe Bettasso promoted to head coach at McPherson. November 11, 2010. April 7, 2010. Welch. Anvil . Joplin Globe.
  2. Web site: McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010. McPherson College Athletics. November 10, 2010.
  3. Web site: 2010 Football Championship Series Qualifiers and Pairings Announced. November 14, 2010. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 14, 2010.
  4. Web site: McPherson, Ottawa fall short in NAIA football playoffs. Topeka Capital-Journal. November 21, 2010. November 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319153458/http://www.kansas.com/2010/11/21/1598011/mcpherson-ottawa-fall-short.html. March 19, 2012. dead.
  5. Web site: McPherson Leads KCAC Postseason Honors . KSN.com. November 16, 2010. January 24, 2011. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227095439/http://www.ksn.com/content/sports/statecollege/story/McPherson-Leads-KCAC-Postseason-Honors/fv6Ep8gfMU2AUIQAjiNvnA.cspx. December 27, 2010.
  6. Web site: Bettasso Resigns as Head Football Coach. McPherson College. February 26, 2012. January 24, 2012.

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