The Vetting Process: Billy Joe

[DECKS]

Ok, I thought I'd throw a wild one out there cause I a'int got nuthin else to do. I know dude is close to 70 and was coaching FAMU during thier fiasco but perhaps he deserves a look.
If we want a proven winner that has won conference championships, beaten PWC's and won playoff games then he may be on the list all by himself as far as HBCU coaches are concerned.

[aggie62]

DECKS,

Give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DECKS]

Lol, I must admit that I'm playing "devils advocate" as I have never been a Billie Joe fan; however since it appears we're only considering candidates from HBCU circles ....why the hell not? He's had more success than anyone else I can think of.

[thefriscotxaggie]

Top two on my list would be Billy Joe & Webster. The only two HBCU canidates that have ever recorded more than 2 to 3 wins outside of the MEAC or SWAC.

Billy Joe has all the established connections in Florida and we all know that Florida is probably the best football recruting ground in the country.

Webster has the NC highschool connection and I am sure well respected by all the ACC coaches in the state.

You could bring in Maynor as the offensive coordinatoor and groom him to take over in 3-5 years.

Sound like a plan ??

[Bigboy]

Billy Joe has been a very good coach but I dought if he is even being considered for the job.

[oleschoolaggie]

ya might also want to check and see what role he played, if any, in famu's 190 plus ncaa violations that i believe was committed on his watch...

[DECKS]

Nov 18, 2008 14:44:13 GMT -5 oleschoolaggie said:

ya might also want to check and see what role he played, if any, in famu's 190 plus ncaa violations that i believe was committed on his watch...

He was cleared by the NCAA after which I beleive he sued FAMU for back wages. I think they settled out of court.

[DECKS]

NCAA Considers FAMU Infractions
Written by Will Brown - Black College Wire
Sunday, 23 October 2005


Florida A&M University is up against a more daunting opponent than any of the schools the Rattlers are playing this season -- the NCAA infractions committee -- and is awaiting the results.

A group including Interim President Castell V. Bryant, Athletics Director E. Newton Jackson, a representative of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Michael Buckner, the independent auditor who helped the university self-report hundreds of violations to the NCAA, spoke with the committee all day on Oct. 15 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The NCAA considered whether the Rattlers' self-imposed reduction of 28 scholarships and a one-year ban from post-season consideration in men's basketball for the 2005-06 year were sufficient penalties for more than 200 infractions of the rules.

The meeting ended with no final decisions.

At the same meeting, former Rattler football coach Billy Joe and two of his assistants were officially cleared of wrongdoing. They were fired in June amid allegations of major rules infractions.

Joe said he was hoping the school would now voluntarily pay him the $270,000 remaining on his contract so that he did not have to file a lawsuit, according to news reports.

"I would like for a FAMU member, especially a board member, to give me a call," Joe said, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "An apology would be nice but not necessary. Call and say, `Coach, I'm sorry, we thought we were doing right thing; it's obvious that we didn't. Please accept my apology and please accept the balance of your contract.' "

"This was a total victory," Joe's lawyer, Donald Jackson, told the Tallahassee Democrat. Joe's "credibility and legacy have been restored."

No one from the 2004 football coaching staff currently works for the university in an athletic capacity. Five assistants abruptly resigned in February.

Other schools expecting punishment by the NCAA have taken a similar approach before the organization, and at an Oct. 6 meeting of FAMU's Board of Trustees, Buckner, the independent auditor, expressed confidence that the infractions committee would accept the university's proactive approach to dealing with the violations.

"They could impose a four-year, five-year or an indefinite probation," Buckner said. "We're confident the committee will see an additional probationary period is not warranted."

The university said Oct. 17 it would not comment further until the NCAA released its final decision, which is expected in the next five to seven weeks.

The NCAA alleges violations of nearly 230 eligibility requirements, primarily involving the football team.


Will Brown, a student at Florida A&M University, writes for the Famuan. He can be contacted at [e-mail] e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Posted Oct. 24, 2005

[DECKS]

How's this for a proven background? Two national titles and a I-AA quarterfinalist.


BIO


Joe has a career coaching record of 237-108-4 (.685) in 31 seasons as a head football coach. Few coaches can match the unparalleled gridiron success of Billy Joe's storied career.

Joe has won seven National Black College Football Championships and two NAIA national titles, as one of the most highly decorated black college football coaches in history. His 237 victories places him in second place behind the late Eddie Robinson (Grambling State) for victories at historical black college and universities and places him fourth in the Football Championship Subdivision's all-time winningest coach ranks.

Joe is legendary for his high powered Gulf Coast Offense (no huddle-spread offense) that he perfected in 11 seasons at Florida A&M, winning 86 games. Joe led the Rattlers to an unprecedented five Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) titles, while garnering three of the conference's Coach of the Year accolades. His Rattlers went to the NCAA I-AA football championship playoffs for seven conecutive seasons and played in the national semifinals in 1999. Joe compiled 26 winning seasons and coached five Black College National Players of the Year.

In addition to his stop at FAMU (1994-2004), Joe was the head coach at Central State University (Ohio) (1981-93) and Cheyney University (Pa.) (1972-78).

Joe has been out of coaching since he was fired in 2005 by an interim president, in the wake of an NCAA investigation of the FAMU athletics program. Joe sued the school over a salary dispute and settled out of court after the NCAA found the coach was not to blame for any of the multiple eligibility issue violations uncovered. Highly respected among his peers, he served as vice president of the American Football Coaches Association in 1993 and was elected president of the organization in 1995.

[Aggie One]

This selection would be the biggest surprise of the year and then some. I wouldn't rule it out totally since Miles is turning out be a bust for him dealing with their administration but I think maybe his age would a bigger question mark for me.