Report: Texas hires former Bears QB coach Kerry Joseph

The Texas Longhorns are expected to hire former Chicago Bears quarterbacks coach Kerry Joseph, according to Matt Zenitz of 247sports. He was the Bears quarterback coach last year after four years of working with the Seattle Seahawks. Over the past decade, Joseph has had stints with a number of teams, including the New Orleans Saints, McNeese State, the Tampa Bay Bucs, Southeastern Louisiana, and the Chicago Bears.

As a player, Joseph bounced around with a variety of teams, the Bengals, the London Monarchs, Washington Redskins, Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks, Ottawa Renegades, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, and the Edmonton Eskimos.

Joseph had some of his best moments in the CFL, where he played quarterback from 2003 to 2014. He was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player in 2007 while leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders to victory in the 95th Grey Cup. At the end of the year, Joseph completed 267 of 459 passes for 4,002 passing yards, while throwing 24 touchdowns. As a runner, he led the CFL in rushing with 737 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on 90 attempts.

Kerry Joseph was one of the greats at McNeese State

During his college football playing days with McNeese State, he led them to a 43-10 overall record and two Southland Conference crowns during his four seasons as a starter. Joseph was one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever don the blue and gold. Once he hung up his cleats there, he was the all-time leader in touchdown passes and the second in career passing yards and total offense. In 2006, Joseph was inducted into the McNeese Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Southland Hall of Honor in 2012.

He finished with 7,874 passing yards, 67 passing touchdowns, and 9,674 yards of total offense. A few of the awards he won during his college football playing days were Louisiana Collegiate Player of the Year, McNeese MVP, and Louisiana Amateur Athlete of the Year.