Joe Trainer

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2023}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|03|06}}

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| player_years1 = 1986–1989

| player_team1 = Dickinson

| coach_years1 = 1990–1991

| coach_team1 = Temple (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1992

| coach_team2 = Frostburg State (ST)

| coach_years3 = 1993–1994

| coach_team3 = Colgate (LB/ST)

| coach_years4 = 1995–1996

| coach_team4 = New Haven (LB/DC)

| coach_years5 = 1997–2004

| coach_team5 = Villanova (LB/DC)

| coach_years6 = 2005–2007

| coach_team6 = Millersville

| coach_years7 = 2008

| coach_team7 = Rhode Island (DC)

| coach_years8 = 2009–2013

| coach_team8 = Rhode Island

| coach_years9 = 2014–2018

| coach_team9 = Villanova (ST/DL)

| admin_years1 = 2019–2022

| admin_team1 = Pope John Paul II High School

| overall_record = 25–64

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Joe Trainer (born March 6, 1968) is an American football coach, former player, and former athletic director. He was the defensive coordinator for Villanova from 2014 to 2018. He served as head football coach at Millersville University of Pennsylvania from 2005 to 2007, and the University of Rhode Island from 2009 to 2013, compiling a career college football record of 25 wins and 64 losses.

Trainer is a native of Roslyn, Pennsylvania.

Head coaching record

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| name = Millersville Marauders

| conf = Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2007

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 2005

| name = Millersville

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = 4th (Eastern)

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| year = 2006

| name = Millersville

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = 4th (Eastern)

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| year = 2007

| name = Millersville

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–3rd (Eastern)

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| name = Millersville

| overall = 13–20

| confrecord = 8–9

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Rhode Island Rams

| conf = Colonial Athletic Association

| startyear = 2009

| endyear = 2013

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| year = 2009

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 1–10

| conference = 0–8

| confstanding = 12th

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| year = 2010

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = 7th

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| year = 2011

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 2–6

| confstanding = 8th

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| year = 2012

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 0–11

| conference = 0–8

| confstanding = 10th

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| year = 2013

| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 3–9

| conference = 2–6

| confstanding = 10th

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| name = Rhode Island

| overall = 12–44

| confrecord = 8–32

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 25–64

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Post-coaching career

After his stint with the Rams he joined Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford, Pennsylvania as their athletic director before stepping down in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Pope John Paul II Welcomes Joe Trainer As New Athletic Director |url=https://aopathletics.org/news/2019/6/14/cross-country-pope-john-paul-ii-welcomes-joe-trainer-as-new-athletic-director.aspx?path=wsoc |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=aopathletics.org |language=en}} After being the athletic director for four years he stepped down to become a school counselor at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |title=Pope John Paul II HS welcomes new athletic director |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2022/08/news/sports/pope-john-paul-ii-hs-welcomes-new-athletic-director/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Catholic Philly |language=en-US}}

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