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Iowa State University Athletics
Football
Schaefer, Joe
Joe Schaefer
- Title:
- Director of Scouting
- Email:
- jschaef@iastate.edu
- Phone:
- 4-6721
Joe Schaefer is in his second year as Director of Scouting for the Iowa State football program.Â
Schaefer assists with recruiting visits and helps manage official and unofficial visits. He also organizes the recruitment process for the assistant coaches.Â
ISU’s 2017 season was one of the best in the history of the program. The Cyclones compiled an 8-5 record, the second-most wins in school history, and scored a victory in the 2017 Liberty Bowl over Memphis, only the fourth bowl win in the history of the program.
Iowa State also broke its school record for wins over ranked opponents (3), victories on the road (5), wins vs. conference opponents (5) and appeared in the AP national rankings for the first time in 12 years.
Before his arrival in Ames, Schaefer was briefly on Maryland’s football staff as a quality control assistant after highly successful high school coaching career in Ohio.
A native of Parma Heights, Ohio, Schaefer was named head coach at Benedictine High School (Cleveland) in 2013 after serving as an assistant coach at the school in 2011-12. Under Schaefer’s leadership, the Bengals were 35-6 in his three years as head coach (2013-15).
He led Benedictine to an Ohio Division IV state title in 2014 and his 2015 squad finished the season at 12-1.
He twice crossed paths with Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell in his football career. In 2010, Schaefer was a graduate assistant at Toledo when Campbell was an assistant with the Rockets.
A 2008 graduate of Bowling Green, Schaefer also played defensive end for the Falcons (2004-08) during Campbell’s stint as an assistant with the school.
Schaefer also spent a season at Findlay (2009) as the defensive line coach.
He and his wife, Maura, have a daughter, Mairin.Â
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