| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UMass |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 23, 1986 Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2007 | Springfield (MA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008 | Maine Maritime (assistant) |
| 2009–2010 | Springfield (MA) (GA) |
| 2011–2013 | Maine (DB) |
| 2014–2015 | Maine (DC/LB) |
| 2016–2018 | Maine |
| 2019 | Minnesota (S) |
| 2020–2021 | Minnesota (co-DC/S) |
| 2022–2024 | Rutgers (DC) |
| 2025–present | UMass |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–15 |
| Tournaments | 2–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 CAA (2018) | |
Joe Harasymiak (born June 23, 1986) is an American college football coach who is the head coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was the defensive coordinator at Rutgers University from 2022–2024. He previously the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Minnesota. In December 2015, Harasymiak became the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I football when he was named to the post at the University of Maine.[1] He served as head coach of the Maine Black Bears from 2016 to 2018, leading them to a record of 20–15 in three season. His 2018 Maine Black Bears football team won the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs.
- ^ "Meet Joe Harasymiak, the youngest Division I football coach". USA Today. December 18, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2016.