| Joe Rudolph | |
| Current Title: | Offensive line coach |
| Current Team: | Notre Dame |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Madison Carnegie Mellon University |
| Player Years1: | 1991–1994 |
| Player Team1: | Wisconsin |
| Player Positions: | Offensive line, Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2006 |
| Coach Team1: | Ohio State (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Nebraska (TE) |
| Coach Years3: | 2008–2011 |
| Coach Team3: | Wisconsin (TE) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team4: | Pittsburgh (AHC/OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2014 |
| Coach Team5: | Pittsburgh (Interim HC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2015–2021 |
| Coach Team6: | Wisconsin (AHC/OC/OL) |
| Coach Years7: | 2022 |
| Coach Team7: | Virginia Tech (RGC/OL) |
| Coach Years8: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team8: | Notre Dame (OL) |
| Overall Record: | 0–1 |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
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Joe Rudolph (born July 21, 1972) is an American football coach and former guard who is the offensive line coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[1] Prior to this position he was the run game coordinator, and offensive line coach at Virginia Tech. Before his time at Virginia Tech, he was the associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and offensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as the interim head coach and offensive coordinator of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team.[2] [3] He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles.[4]
Rudolph was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania[5] and is married to Dawn DeCaria Rudolph of Weirton, West Virginia. Together they have three sons.[6] He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a team captain on the football team, and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Rudolph played with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1995.[7] After spending 1996 away from the NFL, he returned in 1997 to play with the San Francisco 49ers.
Rudolph's first coaching experience was as a graduate assistant with the Ohio State Buckeyes. In 2007, Rudolph served as Tight Ends Coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. While there he also worked on special teams and oversaw the punt team. He then served as the tight ends coach of the Wisconsin Badgers football team from 2008 to 2011.
*Rudolph served as interim coach after Paul Chryst left for Wisconsin after the regular season. Pittsburgh credits the regular season to Chryst and the Armed Forces Bowl to Rudolph.