Joe Susan
Joseph Susan is an American football coach and former player. He is presently the Special Assistant to The Head Football Coach at Rutgers University. He was previously the head football coach for the Bucknell Bison of the Patriot League. Susan's second coaching stint at Bucknell (he was an assistant from 1981–1990) came on the heels of a nine-year tenure as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights offensive line and tight ends coach under Greg Schiano. He has been a head coach at one other school—Davidson College, where he led the Wildcats to the program's only perfect season in 2000. Susan stayed at Davidson for just that season.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1955 |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1976 | Delaware |
| Position(s) | Offensive line |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1978 | Delaware (GA) |
| 1979 | Gettysburg (assistant) |
| 1980 | Delaware (GA) |
| 1981–1991 | Bucknell (OL) |
| 1991–1999 | Princeton (OC) |
| Feb–Mar 2000 | Memphis (OL) |
| 2000 | Davidson |
| 2001–2009 | Rutgers (OL/TE) |
| 2010–2018 | Bucknell |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 48–61 |
Susan grew up in South River, New Jersey and played college football at the University of Delaware from 1973 to 1976; his senior season he was named the Newark Touchdown Club Offensive Lineman of the Year. The Fightin' Blue Hens won two Lambert Cups and were the NCAA Division II runners-up during his playing tenure.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Wildcats (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (2000) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Davidson | 10–0 | |||||||
| Davidson: | 10–0 | ||||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Patriot League) (2010–2018) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Bucknell | 1–10 | 1–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2011 | Bucknell | 6–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | Bucknell | 3–8 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2013 | Bucknell | 6–5 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2014 | Bucknell | 8–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2015 | Bucknell | 4–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2016 | Bucknell | 4–7 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2017 | Bucknell | 5–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2018 | Bucknell | 1–10 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
| Bucknell: | 38–61 | 19–34 | |||||||
| Total: | 48–61 | ||||||||
References
- Joe Susan Archived 2016-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Bucknell Bison. Accessed October 7, 2015. "A native of South River, New Jersey, Susan — who was inducted into his high school’s Hall of Fame in 2014 — returned to Bucknell from Rutgers, where he spent the previous nine years as an assistant coach on Greg Schiano’s staff."