Joe Conlin - Season 2 Episode 1

Season 2 of TCM Podcast kicks off with Fordham Head Football Coach, Joe Conlin! 

Coach Conlin, served as associate head coach/offensive coordinator at Yale for four years, before being named head football coach at Fordham University on December 22, 2017. In 2019, Conlin's offense led the Patriot League in passing yards/game (357.2 yards/game) and scoring (25.0). Joe spent six seasons at Yale. He was named the Joel E. Smilow '54 Offensive Coordinator at the school in 2014.   In 2017, Yale ended a 37-year drought when it beat Harvard 24-3 in the 134th edition of The Game to win the Ivy League Title. Yale improved from 3-7 in '16 to 9-1 in '17 and its offense improved in nearly every key statistical category under Conlin's leadership.   In 2017, the Yale offense ranked 12th in the NCAA FCS in total offense (450.7 yards/game) and 13th in passing efficiency (152.41) while also ranking in the top 22 in the NCAA FCS in red zone offense (14th), rushing offense (14th), scoring offense (14th) and fewest sacks allowed (22nd).   Joe arrived at Yale as the offensive line coach in 2013 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2014. His 2014 season was a great start as the Yale offensive coordinator. The Bulldogs, who went 8-2, led the NCAA FCS in total offense (ranking third among all NCAA schools). He also served as the offensive line coach, doing great things with the guys up front. The stats tell most of the story, but there are other accomplishments. His 2013 (and 2014) starting five began every game, the only Ivy League school to accomplish that, while three of the five earned All-Ivy League honors.  

Joe arrived in New Haven after spending the 2011 season as the offensive line coach at Harvard, helping the Crimson win an Ivy League title while setting a school scoring record.   Most of Joe's coaching experience was at FCS power New Hampshire, where he helped the Wildcats to seven straight NCAA playoff appearances from 2004 to 2010. During his tenure at UNH, Conlin served as the offensive line coach in 2009 and 2010 but also worked with the defensive line, safeties and special teams for a program that went 65-25 and won one conference championship.   Joe was a three-year starter at defensive tackle at the University of Pittsburgh. His head coach, Walt Harris, selected him as a game captain four times. Conlin earned a degree in administration of justice in 2002.   On this episode, Eric and Coach Conlin discuss:

Growing up in football crazy Western Pennsylvania

His stellar playing career at the University of Pittsburgh

The Backyard Brawl (Pitt - West Virginia Rivalry)

Playing against the 2001 National Champion Miami Hurricanes, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb and Matt Hasselback

His coaching journey and influences 

Working on Chip Kelly's offensive staff at New Hampshire

Pillars of the Fordham Football program 

Leading a football program steeped in history