Vance Joseph
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 30, 1972 Marrero, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Marrero (LA) Archbishop Shaw | ||||||||
| College: | Colorado | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1995 | ||||||||
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Vance Desmond Joseph (born September 20, 1972) is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Colorado. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 1995, and played cornerback for the Jets and Indianapolis Colts. After his NFL playing career, he has been a coach for the Colorado Buffaloes, Wyoming Cowboys, and Bowling Green Falcons.
High School
Joseph was the starting quarterback for three seasons for the Archbishop Shaw High School Eagles, who won the 1987 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class AAAA (top classification) state championship and finished as AAAA state runner-up to Ruston High School in 1988. He also was a starting guard on Archbishop Shaw's 1988-89 Class AAAA state champion basketball team.
College career
Joseph attended the University of Colorado, and played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team as a quarterback and running back from 1990 to 1995. He finished his career completing 34 of 61 passes for 454 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. He also had 237 rushing yards on 50 carries and a touchdown.
Playing career
Joseph was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 1995 and switched to defensive back. He played two seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts. During his career he started 6 of 17 games recording two interceptions.
Coaching career
Joseph became a graduate assistant for the Colorado Buffaloes in 1999 and was there until 2001. After a brief time as the secondary coach for Wyoming Cowboys in 2002, Joseph returned to Colorado to become their defensive backs coach in 2002 and 2003. He spent the 2004 season as the defensive backs coach for the Bowling Green Falcons.
On February 17, 2005 Joseph was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as a secondary assistant. In 2006 he was promoted to secondary coach, a position he shared with Johnnie Lynn until 2010, when Lynn resigned for personal reasons.[1]
Vance Joseph was hired as DB Coach of Cincinnati in January 2014.[2]
Joseph was announced as the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins for the 2016 season.
Family
Vance's older brother, Mickey Joseph, was a part-time starting quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1990 and 1991.