TSCT Football Head Coach Retires After 11 Seasons
Lancaster, PA – Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology football head coach, Joe Wysock, retires after two stints as a Football Coach for the Bulldogs including the last 19 years where he was a head coach for 11 seasons.
Coach Joe Wysock spent 11 seasons as head coach for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Bulldogs. Coach Wysock began his coaching career at Stevens in the mid-1980s as an Offensive Line coach for Head Coach George Burke.
“Beginning with George Burke in 1982 at Stevens and ending this year at Stevens has been a pleasure. The coaches, players, faculty
Wysock coached at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology while earning his teaching certification at Millersville University. Upon receiving his certification, Wysock taught English at Caesar Rodney High School in Dover, DE. He coached football there until an Offensive Line Coach position opened at Delaware State University under Head Coach Bill Collick.
After Delaware State beat Howard University for the MEAC Conference Championship, Wysock accepted the Offensive Line job at Wesley College under Head Coach Tim Keating. Keating and his staff inherited a 0-24 team; however, they were able to turn things around and produced a winning season that first year. Wysock then accepted a teaching and coaching position at Hempfield High School in Lancaster County where, in seven seasons as the Offensive Line Coach under Jack Yohe, the Black knights won four section I Championships. Subsequently, Wysock accepted a position as the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterback Coach at Manheim Township High School under Head Coach Mike Vertucci for two years.
In 1999, Coach Wysock returned for his second stint at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology as Offensive Coordinator for Ron Zangari. Although Stevens was 0-10
Coach Wysock is originally from Lancaster where he played for Bobby King and Jack
Coach Wysock was inducted into the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology’s Hall of Fame in 2012.
“Coach has been an extremely valuable member of the Stevens family for a long time,” said Dr. Christopher Metzler, Dean of Student Services and Athletic Director, “as a recruiter, coach, and mentor to our
Coach Wysock along with his wife Gayle is a resident of Lancaster and has four children; Cristina, Joey, Justin, and Emily. Joey (Joe the 3rd) is a graduate of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology where he also played football and basketball.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is consistently ranked as Pennsylvania’s top technical college and awards associate degrees in 22 high-demand, skilled occupations. A full listing of programs is available at www.StevensCollege.edu.