| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator &linebackers coach |
| Team | Missouri Southern |
| Conference | MIAA |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Missouri Southern |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006 | Missouri Southern (GA) |
| 2007–2009 | McPherson (DC/LB/DB/RC) |
| 2010–2011 | McPherson |
| 2012 | Quincy (IL) (DB) |
| 2013–2014 | Quincy (IL) (DC) |
| 2015–2017 | McKendree (DC/LB) |
| 2018 | Missouri Southern (DC) |
| 2018 | Missouri Southern (interim HC) |
| 2019–present | Missouri Southern (DC/LB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–15 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1KCAC (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| KCAC Coach of the Year (2010) | |
Joe Bettasso is an Americancollege football coach and former player. He is thedefensive coordinator andlinebackers coach forMissouri Southern State University, positions he has held since 2019. Bettasso served as the interim head coach for 2018 and in 2021. Bettasso was formerly the defensive coordinator atMcKendree University and, prior to that,Quincy University. Bettasso was the head football coach atMcPherson College from 2010 to 2011, compiling a record of 14–8.
Bettasso was the 27th head football coach atMcPherson College inMcPherson, Kansas and he held that position for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[1] His coaching record at McPherson was 14–8.[2]
Following a 10–0 regular season in 2010, Bettasso's McPherson Bulldogs won theKansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) title and was seeded sixth in the2010 NAIA Football National Championship.[3] They suffered their first and only loss in the first round, losing to the 12th-rankedMcKendree Bearcats.[4] Bettasso was named conference coach of the year in 2010.[5]
After completion of the 2011 season, he resigned to become the defensive backs coach atNCAA Division IIQuincy University inQuincy, Illinois.[6]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches' Poll# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson Bulldogs(Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2010–2011) | |||||||||
| 2010 | McPherson | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | LNAIA First Round | 11 | |||
| 2011 | McPherson | 4–7 | 4–5 | 7th | |||||
| McPherson: | 14–8 | 13–5 | |||||||
| Missouri Southern Lions(Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2018) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Missouri Southern | 1–7 | 1–7 | 12th | |||||
| Missouri Southern: | 1–7 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–15 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||