Joe Rudolph

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Joe Rudolph

| image = Joe Rudolph 2013.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Rudolph in 2013

| current_title = Offensive line coach

| current_team = Notre Dame

| current_record =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|21}}

| birth_place = Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date =

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| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carnegie Mellon University

| player_years1 = 1991–1994

| player_team1 = Wisconsin

| player_years2 = {{NFL Year|1995}}

| player_team2 = Philadelphia Eagles

| player_years3 = {{NFL Year|1997}}

| player_team3 = San Francisco 49ers

| player_positions = Offensive line, Guard

| coach_years1 = 2004–2006

| coach_team1 = Ohio State (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2007

| coach_team2 = Nebraska (TE)

| coach_years3 = 2008–2011

| coach_team3 = Wisconsin (TE)

| coach_years4 = 2012–2014

| coach_team4 = Pittsburgh (AHC/OC)

| coach_years5 = 2014

| coach_team5 = Pittsburgh (Interim HC)

| coach_years6 = 2015–2021

| coach_team6 = Wisconsin (AHC/OC/OL)

| coach_years7 = 2022

| coach_team7 = Virginia Tech (RGC/OL)

| coach_years8 = 2023–present

| coach_team8 = Notre Dame (OL)

| overall_record = 0–1

| bowl_record = 0–1

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

2× First-team All-Big Ten (1993, 1994)

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Joseph Daniel Rudolph (born July 21, 1972) is an American football coach and former guard who is the offensive line coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.{{cite web |title=Joe Rudolph Named Offensive Line Coach |date=March 7, 2023 |url=https://und.com/joe-rudolph-named-offensive-line-coach/|publisher=Notre Dame Athletics |access-date=7 March 2023}} Prior to this position he was the run game coordinator, and offensive line coach at Virginia Tech. Before his time at Virginia Tech, he was the associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and offensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as the interim head coach and offensive coordinator of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team.{{cite news | url=http://post-gazette.com/pg/12007/1202087-100-0.stm | title=Pitt's Chryst formally announces six members of his coaching staff | first=Paul | last=Zeise | newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | location=Pittsburgh, PA | date=January 7, 2012 | access-date=January 7, 2012 | archive-date=January 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111054217/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12007/1202087-100-0.stm | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021812aac.html | title=Paul Chryst Announces Coaching Staff Realignment | publisher=PittsburghPanthers.com | date=February 18, 2012 | access-date=February 18, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023173111/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021812aac.html | archive-date=October 23, 2015 | url-status=dead }} He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles.{{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/player/joerudolph/2502774/profile | title=Players: Joe Rudolph | work=NFL.com | access-date=January 7, 2012}}

Biography

Rudolph was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania{{Cite web |url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rudolph_joe00.html |title=Player Bio: Joe Rudolph - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907054620/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rudolph_joe00.html |archive-date=September 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }} and is married to Dawn DeCaria Rudolph of Weirton, West Virginia. Together they have three sons.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rudolph_joe00.html |title=Player Bio: Joe Rudolph - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907054620/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rudolph_joe00.html |archive-date=September 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }} He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a team captain on the football team, and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Professional playing career

Rudolph played with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RudoJo20.htm|title = Joe Rudolph Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }} After spending 1996 away from the NFL, he returned in 1997 to play with the San Francisco 49ers.

Coaching career

Rudolph's first coaching experience was as a graduate assistant with the Ohio State Buckeyes. In 2007, Rudolph served as Tight Ends Coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. While there he also worked on special teams and oversaw the punt team. He then served as the tight ends coach of the Wisconsin Badgers football team from 2008 to 2011.

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = yes | poll=no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Pittsburgh Panthers

| conf = Atlantic Coast Conference

| startyear = 2014

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2014

| name = Pittsburgh

| overall = 0–1*

| conference =

| confstanding = T–3rd (Coastal)

| bowlname = Armed Forces

| bowloutcome = L

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Pittsburgh

| overall = 0–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 0–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

}}

*Rudolph served as interim coach after Paul Chryst left for Wisconsin after the regular season. Pittsburgh credits the regular season to Chryst and the Armed Forces Bowl to Rudolph.