| Joe Enochs | |
| Fullname: | Joseph Andrew Enochs |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Petaluma, California, United States |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Jahn Regensburg (head coach) |
| Youthyears1: | 1989–1992 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sacramento State Hornets |
| Years1: | 1993–1994 |
| Clubs1: | San Francisco United All Blacks |
| Years2: | 1994–1996 |
| Clubs2: | FC St. Pauli |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1995–1996 |
| Clubs3: | → FC St. Pauli II |
| Caps3: | 34 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2001 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2008–2011 |
| Managerclubs1: | VfL Osnabrück II |
| Manageryears2: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs2: | VfL Osnabrück (caretaker) |
| Manageryears3: | 2011–2014 |
| Managerclubs3: | VfL Osnabrück II |
| Manageryears4: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs4: | VfL Osnabrück |
| Manageryears5: | 2018–2023 |
| Managerclubs5: | FSV Zwickau |
| Manageryears6: | 2023– |
| Managerclubs6: | Jahn Regensburg |
| Years4: | 1996–2008 |
| Clubs4: | VfL Osnabrück |
| Caps4: | 359 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
Joseph Andrew Enochs (born September 1, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player who spent the majority of his career at German club VfL Osnabrück. He is the current head coach of 2. Bundesliga club Jahn Regensburg. He began his professional career with the San Francisco United All Blacks before moving to Germany to sign with FC St. Pauli. He never played for the first team and moved to Osnabrück in 1996. Enochs earned one cap with the United States national team in 2001.
Enochs attended California State University, Sacramento, where he played soccer from 1989 to 1992. He finished his four years at Sac State with nine goals and fifteen assists in 71 games.[1]
After finishing his career with Sac State, Enochs signed with the U.S. Third Division (USISL) San Francisco United All Blacks and played until the summer of 1994.
In 1994, Enochs received a phone call from a former Sac State teammate Mark Baena. Baena was playing in Germany and was looking for a roommate. Enochs decided to take Baena up on his offer and moved to Germany. Enochs later explained, "I was going to come home after the first year [in Germany], but I was having too much fun."[2] In 1994, Enochs signed with St. Pauli. The team placed him with its Fourth Division amateur farm team. The next season, Enochs and his team mates had moved to the third-tier Regionalliga Nord for the 1995–96 season where he played in 34 games, scoring one goal.
In the spring of 1996 he trialled with Norwegian Eliteserien club Stabæk, facilitated by former St. Pauli player Andreas Mayer.[3]
He performed well enough that he was offered a position on St. Pauli's first team, but he decided to move to third-tier club VfL Osnabrück in 1996.
Enochs quickly established himself at Osnabrück, seeing time in 30 games in the 1996–97 season. He never played less than 39 games a season as he was selected as team co-captain. In 2000, Osnabrück earned promotion to the Second Division, but was back in the third tier the next season. The team won promotion again in 2003 and again in 2007, this time in the last game of the season.[4] Enochs broke the club record for games played on May 19, 2007. In June 2007, he signed a one-year extension to his contract.[5]
Enochs won the "Goal of the Month" award of German television network ARD's Sportschau in September 2004 for his strike against eventual cup winners Bayern Munich in the second round of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal.[6]
At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, his club opened a special section for children on the West stand of the stadium, that is named after Enochs.[7] He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season.
Enochs earned his only cap with the U.S. national team in a June 7, 2001, scoreless tie with Ecuador. Enochs came on for Tony Sanneh in the sixty-second minute. He left the game in the ninety-first minute after suffering a gash to his forehead during a collision. Richie Williams came on for him.[8]
For the 2018–19 season he was signed as the head coach of FSV Zwickau.[9] In February 2023, he was sacked.[10] In May 2023, he was signed by Jahn Regensburg.[11]
Enochs met his wife, Gunilla, a few months after he arrived in Germany through a blind date. That led to marriage and the birth of his daughter, Emily.
Enochs is the uncle of American baseball player Spencer Enochs Torkelson.
In 2008, Enochs opened a bar in the historic part of Osnabrück.[12]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Osnabrück II | July 1, 2008 | March 22, 2011 | [13] | ||||||||
| VfL Osnabrück (caretaker) | March 22, 2011 | April 11, 2011 | [14] | ||||||||
| VfL Osnabrück II | July 1, 2011 | June 30, 2014 | |||||||||
| VfL Osnabrück | August 23, 2015 | October 4, 2017 | |||||||||
| FSV Zwickau | July 1, 2018 | February 6, 2023 | [15] | ||||||||
| Jahn Regensburg | May 10, 2023 | Present | [16] | ||||||||
| Total | — | ||||||||||