Joe Judge

Joseph F. Judge (born December 31, 1981) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously spent eight seasons working as an assistant coach for the New England Patriots. The Patriots won three Super Bowls during Judge's tenure.

Judge was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lansdale Catholic High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Judge played for Mississippi State from 2000 to 2004, earning three letters. He was also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and made the Dean's List.

Assistant coach

In 2005, he joined his alma mater, Mississippi State University as a graduate assistant for the Bulldogs. He next served briefly as the linebackers coach for the Birmingham–Southern Panthers in 2008 and then as a special teams assistant for Alabama. In 2012, he joined the New England Patriots as a special teams assistant and served in that role through the 2014 season. Following Super Bowl XLIX, which the Patriots won, Judge was promoted to special teams coordinator following the retirement of Scott O'Brien. On February 5, 2017, Judge was part of the Patriots' coaching staff that won Super Bowl LI. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime.

On February 6, 2018 it was reported that Judge was leaving the Patriots to join the Indianapolis Colts' new head coach Josh McDaniels in Indianapolis; when McDaniels spurned the Colts and chose to stay with the Patriots, Judge made the same decision. After wide receivers coach Chad O'Shea left New England to become offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins, Judge was tapped to fill O'Shea's role while continuing to serve as special teams coordinator; according to ESPN, he was the only coach in the NFL with both special teams and wide receiver duties.

New York Giants

On January 8, 2020, Judge was hired as the head coach of the New York Giants.

Judge's father, Joseph, played football at Temple and professionally with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Judge's wife, Amber, was an All-SEC soccer player at Mississippi State, and they have four children together.

His mother is the principal for Mary Mother the Redeemer Catholic School.