Joe D’Orazio is in his first year as a quality control coach for Baylor football in 2024.
A former all-conference center at Penn, he joins the Baylor staff after serving as the offensive coordinator at Columbia in 2023, which followed four years as the running backs coach for the Lions from 2018-22.
Prior to joining the Columbia staff, he served as the offensive quality control coach and assistant wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016-17, and had his first stint at Columbia in 2015 as the tight ends coach. D’Orazio was a special assistant to the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013-15, a defensive graduate assistant coach for Utah from 2012-13 and the tight ends coach at Chicago from 2011-12.
The Lions posted wins over Cornell, Marist and Georgetown during the course of the 2023 season with D’Orazio directing the offensive. This came after a 2022 season that saw his running back group led by all-conference selection Joey Giorgi, who totaled 624 rushing yards and five touchdowns. Ryan Young, who was hampered by injuries during the first half of the season, ran for 434 yards in eight games to finish as the Lions’ third all-time rushing leader with 1,749 yards.
With a strong running back corps, that featured First Team All-Ivy League honoree Dante Miller and All-Ivy League honorable mention honoree Ryan Young, the Lions finished the 2021 season with the second-most total rushing yards in the Ivy League (1,580) and Miller racked up 814 total yards, also the second-most in the League. Columbia also collected 18 rushing touchdowns, tied for seventh-most in program history and it put the Lions third in the league.
In 2018, Columbia rushed for 1,092 yards and 14 touchdowns on 367 carries. Young emerged toward the end of the season as the Lions’ leading rusher with 365 yards on 98 carries and two touchdowns. Also a first-year, Miller saw action in six games and compiled 317 yards on 61 carries (5.2 average) along with an 83-yard touchdown vs. Central Connecticut State.
During his initial year with the Columbia Football program as tight ends coach in 2015, D’Orazio oversaw a wealth of talent at the position as three different players caught passes for the Lions. Senior captain Nick Durham helped provide blocking for First Team All-Ivy League running back Cameron Molina, who led the conference in rushing during league games, while Hank Trumbull and John Hunton combined for nearly 400 yards receiving and two touchdowns.
D’Orazio rejoined Columbia’s program after working a full season with the Philadelphia Eagles (2016-17) as the organization’s Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Wide Receivers Coach under Head Coach Doug Pederson.
D’Orazio worked as Coach Andy Reid’s special assistant from 2013-15 with the Chiefs.
He was a Defensive Graduate Assistant Coach at Utah (2012-13), and at the University of Chicago as Tight Ends Coach (2011-12). He also spent the summer of 2010 as a training camp operations intern with the Philadelphia Eagles.
A 2011 graduate of The Wharton School at Penn, D’Orazio earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and lettered four years at center. A two-time First Team All-Ivy League selection, three-year starter and consensus preseason All-America selection, D’Orazio served as team captain as a senior in 2010 and helped lead the Quakers to back-to-back Ivy League championships in 2009 and 2010.
The Bryn Mawr, Pennslyvania, native, D’Orazio attended St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He was named to the Philadelphia City All-Star team and the Pennsylvania East-West All-Star team as a senior.
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2024: Quality Control – Baylor
2023: Offensive Coordinator – Columbia
2018-22: Running Backs Coach – Columbia
2016-17: Quality Control/Assistant Wide Receivers Coach – Philadelphia Eagles
2015: Tight Ends Coach – Columbia
2013-15: Special Assistant to the Head Coach – Kansas City Chiefs
2012-13: Graduate Assistant Coach – Utah
2011-12: Tight Ends Coach – University of Chicago