Gettysburg College Athletics

Joe Conner will enter his second season as an assistant coach at Gettysburg in 2011 and will serve as a defensive line coach.

Conner provides the Bullets with a highly-experienced coach after working at various levels for nearly 25 years. Most recently, he was the head football coach at Urbana (Md.) High School in 2009, leading the Hawks to an 8-3 record and a league playoff berth. Prior to his stint as head coach, Conner was Urbana’s defensive coordinator from 2005-08 and helped the team win three Chesapeake Conference championships from 2005-07.

From 1999-2003, Conner worked as the head coach of the Washington Chiefs, a member of the Minor Football League (MFL). In 1998, he helped the Chiefs win a MFL title as the team’s general manager, assistant head coach, and defensive coordinator. He has also made coaching stops at Walter Johnson (Md.) High School, Towson University, Montgomery College, Good Counsel (Md.) High School, and St. Mary’s Prep School.

Conner also volunteered as an assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Gettysburg in 2011. The current head boy’s lacrosse coach at Urbana H.S, he steered the team to a No. 2 state ranking and was the Frederick County Lacrosse Coach of the Year three times from 2006-08.

As a football player, Conner was a minor league quarterback for the Prince Georges Stallions in 1992-93 and the Metro Bulls from 1988-91. Away from the coaching world, he served as an officer for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. from 1990-2006.