By T. Scott Boatright
Grambling State University has scheduled a 10 a.m. press conference today to announce its new head football coach. Sources close to the program say that selection will be someone not completely unfamiliar with GSU football — Mickey Joseph.
Joseph previously served as wide receivers/special teams coach at Grambling for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
He was most recently assistant head coach and then interim coach at Nebraska for the 2022 season.
Joseph, who also served as running backs coach at Louisiana Tech in 2016, was wide receivers coach for LSU from 2017-2021, also serving as assistant head coach from 2020-21.
Grambling will be the third Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Joseph has coached for. Joseph served as assistant coach at Oklahoma’s Langston University from in 200-09 before taking over head coaching duties from 2011-2013.
Joseph then assistant head coach/special teams at Alcorn State in 2014.
A native of Marrerro, Louisiana, who attended Shaw High School, Joseph went on to become a standout quarterback for the University of Nebraska.
