For founder and first president of Livingstone College, see Joseph C. Price.
Joseph Carl Price (born January 13, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He was a third round NFL draft pick and the current co-defensive line coach at Virginia Tech.[1] Price was promoted to interim head coach on November 16, 2021, after the firing of Justin Fuente. His team beat rival Virginia 29–24 on the road to become bowl eligible.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate head coach / defensive line coach |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Annual salary | $475,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 13, 1973 (age 51) Dunkirk, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1995 | Virginia Tech |
| 1996 | Carolina Panthers |
| 1996–1997 | Arizona Cardinals |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1998 | Virginia Tech (strength) |
| 1999–2001 | Radford HS (VA) (DC/DL) |
| 2002–2003 | Virginia Tech (GA) |
| 2004–2011 | James Madison (DL / run game) |
| 2012 | Marshall (DL) |
| 2013–2017 | Marshall (DT) |
| 2018 | Marshall (co-DC/DT) |
| 2019–2020 | Marshall (co-DC/DL) |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech (co-DL/RC) |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech (Interim HC) |
| 2022–present | Virginia Tech (AHC/DL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
New permanent head coach Brent Pry retained Price as the associate head coach and defensive line coach.[3]
Before joining Virginia Tech in 2021, he was an assistant for close to twenty years at Marshall and James Madison.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2021) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 1–2[a] | 1–1 | T–3rd (Coastal) | L Pinstripe | ||||
| Virginia Tech: | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–2 | ||||||||
- ^ Price replaced Fuente with two games remaining in the regular season
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ McFarling, Aaron (November 27, 2021). "McFarling: Say hello to 'The J.C. Price Game'". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Eric (November 30, 2021). "Virginia Tech hires Penn State DC Brent Pry to be Hokies next head football coach". WSLS. Retrieved December 1, 2021.