Harasymiak (HAIR-ah-sim-ee-ack) is 32 years old and from New Jersey. He played at Division-III Springfield College, where he graduated in 2008. He was most recently Maine's head coach, and when announced their head coach in 2015, was the youngest head coach in Division-I.
Coaching career:
- 2008: Maine Maritime (post-grad school), assistant coach
- 2009-2010: Springfield College (D-III), QB and WR coach
- 2011: Maine, assistant defensive backs coach
- 2012: Maine, defensive backs coach
- 2013-2014: Maine, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach
- 2015-present: Maine, head coach
Head coaching record:
- 2016: 6-5
- 2017: 5-6
- 2018: 10-4, FCS Playoffs Seminfinal appearance
Defensive stats as DC and HC at Maine:
- 2018: No. 30 total defense, No. 17 scoring defense
- 2017: No. 35 total defense, No. 39 scoring defense
- 2016: No. 64 total defense, No. 50 scoring defense
- 2015: No. 19 total defense, No. 31 scoring defense
- 2014: No. 15 total defense, No. 23 scoring defense
- 2013: No. 22 total defense, No. 20 scoring defense
Facts:
- Overlapped with Joe Rossi at Maine in 2011
- When Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove left Maine, he recommended Harasymiak become head coach.
- In 2017, he cut practice a half hour early for a Game of Thrones team viewing.
"We've obviously been very productive on defense. The name of the defense is the black hole. Maine's known for their defense." - Harasymiak at 2016 CAA Media Days
"You have to be physical on film. If you're not physical on film, it's not going to work out here. All the things that we talk about day-to-day now, we need to see that on tape...On defense, we always like to take the best athletes that are physical because then they can play multiple spots." - Harasymiak on defensive recruiting
Yahoo! story: Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak leaving for assistant job at Minnesota
