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Indiana: Earlier in the week Thayer Evans and Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated put out an article stating that they expected Kevin Wilson to be fired at the end of the season. Athletic director Fred Glass was very supportive of Kevin Wilson today saying that the program is resoundingly headed in the right direction. Sources tell us that Glass is frequently around the football team and has consistently been supportive. It is our belief that Wilson has another year to demonstrate continued advancement of the program. As always, well keep you posted. Read more: http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/

DENTON Even now, as he stalks the sidelines of the practice fields in Indiana, Noah Joseph has a reminder of one of the highlights of his coaching career strapped to his wrist. Whenever the Hoosiers safeties coach checks the time, he glances at his Heart of Dallas Bowl watch, a memento each member of the Mean Green team received after a win over UNLV on New Years Day. That timepiece serves as a reminder of not only a program-changing win, but also of the players who made that victory possible. Joseph will face several of them Saturday when the Mean Green head to Bloomington, Ind., to face the Hoosiers. Joseph spent two seasons coaching UNTs safeties and was also the Mean Greens recruiting coordinator before joining Indianas staff in the same capacity after last season. Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/headlines/20141001-north-texas-faces-extra-obstacle-when-taking-on-indiana-this-week-a-coach-that-knows-everything-about-them.ece

The Zanesville native played college football for Drake and has been a graduate assistant or positions coach since 2000. The journey has taken Joseph across the country, with his latest stop as the safeties coach and defensive recruiting coordinator for Indiana. It all started with his upbringing in Muskingum County and learning from coaches such as Tom Evans. Im grateful for this opportunity. I started at the bottom of the profession, doing the small jobs and putting in extra hours, Joseph said. I attribute my work ethic to my family background and growing up in Zanesville. I have worked as hard as I can to have these opportunities, but its been fun. Joseph was a former Blue Devil, playing for Clarence Perry and Whit Parks before graduating in 1995. He was a captain as a senior for Drake, where he still holds the school record for longest interception return. Joseph became a grad assistant with the program in 2000 and had the same position with Eastern Kentucky in 01 and Iowa State in 02 before earning his masters at Iowa State. Josephs first coaching position was a defensive assistant with Eastern Illinois from 2003-06. He followed with a five-year stint at Montana State, then took a job with North Texas before the 2012 season. He developed two All-Conference USA players Marcus Trice and Lairamie Lee with the Mean Green and helped them to a 9-4 mark in 2013. Read more: http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/local/2014/08/22/joseph-rising-coaching-ranks/14467825/

As we reported earlier today, Noah Joseph is leaving UNT after two highly successful seasons to join the staff at Indiana. Joseph was UNT’s safeties coach and will serve in the same capacity with the Hoosiers. He was also UNT’s recruiting coordinator. Now that I have made it to Miami, I have had a chance to gather my material from interviews with both Joseph and McCarney. Here’s a little more on the situation. Joseph is from Zanesville, Ohio, which is about four and a half hours away from Indiana. He’s a Midwest, Big Ten kind of guy. “Coaching in the Big Ten was attractive and so is coaching at Indiana, which has an exciting team,” Joseph said. “They are on the verge of a turnaround like we had last season.” And while he wouldn’t go into specifics, Joseph said money was also a factor. read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/02/joseph-mccarney-talk-about-assistants-move-to-indiana.html/

I spoke with Noah Joseph early this morning. The UNT assistant coach and recruiting coordinator confirmed that he is leaving the school. read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/02/noah-joseph-to-indiana.html/

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana head football coach Kevin Wilson completed his coaching staff today with the announcement of Noah Joseph as safeties coach. Joseph spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons in the same position and as recruiting coordinator at the University of North Texas. “Noah is a dynamic, energetic coach who is a great fit in our secondary and a very good recruiter,” Wilson said. “He has an impressive pedigree, tremendous enthusiasm and has experienced success at every stop in his career. We took our time with this hire and decided another coach in the secondary was best for our defense. Coach Knorr and I both felt very comfortable with Noah and we are excited to welcome him and his family to IU.” “I am excited for this opportunity,” Joseph said. “Growing up in Ohio, it has always been a dream of mine to coach in the Big Ten. When I met with the players, I was impressed with their excitement, competitive spirit, hunger and physical makeup. I am looking forward to bringing some juice to the defense and helping put IU on the national scene.” North Texas went 9-4 in 2013 with a victory in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The Mean Green’s nine wins tied for the second-most in program history. Joseph coached 2013 All-Conference USA selections Marcus Trice and Lairamie Lee. The safeties had a hand in 15 turnovers, including eight interceptions, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Trice, a first team honoree, led UNT with five INTs (T-18th nationally), nine pass breakups and three blocked kicks (T-2nd nationally). He also finished second on the team with 90 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. Among others, Joseph will be coaching rising sophomore Antonio Allen at safety. Lee picked off three passes, returned one for a touchdown, forced two fumbles and made two recoveries, and posted 74 stops with four TFLs. In 2012, Lee (72) and Trice (63) finished as the Mean Green’s fourth and fifth leading tacklers. Trice paced the team with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in addition to a pair of interceptions. Prior to his stint with North Texas, Joseph served as the co-defensive coordinator (2011), secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Montana State. In 2011, the Bobcats secondary was first in the Big Sky Conference in pass efficiency defense (18th nationally) and pass defense (22nd nationally). Montana State finished 27th in the country in total defense and recorded 44 sacks, which led the league and ranked seventh in the nation. Joseph helped transition all-conference safety Kevin Retoriano to cornerback during fall camp in 2009, then guided him to a second straight all-conference season. He also assisted Arnold Briggs make a similar move and earn a spot on the All-Big Sky second team. In each of his five seasons at Montana State, Joseph mentored a first or second team all-league defensive back. Joseph coached at Eastern Illinois University from 2003-06 and produced one of the top pass efficiency defenses in the nation in 2005. He also worked as a graduate assistant at Drake University (2000), Eastern Kentucky University (2001) and Iowa State University (2002). A former player at Drake, Joseph earned Academic All-Pioneer Football League honors and was captain of the 1998 team. Joseph holds the school record for longest interception return of 100 yards at Wayne (Neb.) State in 1997. Joseph received his degree from Drake in 1999 and a master’s degree from Iowa State in 2003. Noah and his wife, Lyla, have two girls, Lily (7) and Chloe (5). Read more: http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022014aaa.html

This is usually a time we reserve for late-night hoops thoughts. We will get to that. But before we do, I checked in on the rumor the Noah Joseph, a key assistant coach/recruiter for the Mean Green, is leaving the staff for a new job. Lets just say I didnt get a denial. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/02/noah-joseph-update-late-night-hoops-thoughts.html/