Joseph John Krivak was an American football player and coach.
16 Facts About Joe Krivak
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Joe Krivak served as an assistant coach at Maryland, Syracuse, Navy, and Virginia.
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Joe Krivak earned three football letters playing offensive line and linebacker for the Syracuse Orangemen between 1954 and 1956.
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Joe Krivak blocked for All-American running back Jim Brown and helped the Orange reach the 1957 Cotton Bowl Classic.
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Joe Krivak played third base and earned one letter in baseball for the Orangemen.
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Joe Krivak's first coaching experience came at Madonna High School in Weirton, West Virginia, where he spent 11 seasons, eight as head coach, and won a state Catholic title.
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Joe Krivak then served as an assistant coach at Syracuse for five years under head coach Ben Schwartzwalder.
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Joe Krivak then spent five years coaching at Navy under George Welsh.
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Joe Krivak was responsible for the wide receivers and had a significant role in running the offense.
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At Maryland, Joe Krivak tutored several future NFL quarterbacks: Boomer Esiason, Neil O'Donnell, Frank Reich, Stan Gelbaugh, and Scott Zolak.
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One of Joe Krivak's most notable accomplishments at Maryland was a tie game.
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In 1995, Joe Krivak took over as quarterbacks coach for Virginia under George Welsh, his former boss at Navy.
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In 1996, Virginia offensive coordinator Tom O'Brien left to take the head coaching position at Boston College, and during the Carquest Bowl, Joe Krivak called the offensive plays in the interim.
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Some observers expected Joe Krivak to be promoted to the position full-time, but in February 1997, Welsh said he was considering calling plays himself without an offensive coordinator.
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Joe Krivak then ran football camps for youth players in the Mid-Atlantic area.
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Joe Krivak died at the age of 77 on Christmas Day 2012 in Bowie, Maryland after a long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome and leukemia.