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Joe D'Alessandris Departs Duke Football Staff
Jan. 7, 2002
Following five seasons on the Duke football coaching staff, Joe D'Alessandris has accepted an assistant coaching position at Georgia Tech. D'Alessandris is reunited with new Yellow Jacket head coach Chan Gailey as the pair worked together at both Birmingham of the World League in 1991-92 and at Samford in 1993.
He will coach the offensive line at Georgia Tech.
D'Alessandris, 47, coached the offensive line at Duke from 1997-01, sending three linemen to the NFL in center Patrick Mannelly (5th round, Chicago, 1998), guard Lennie Friedman (2nd round, Denver, 1997) and center Troy Andrew (free agent, Miami, 2001). He also coached on the Gray squad at the 1999 Blue-Gray Classic.
He came to Duke after serving as offensive line coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1996, and with the Memphis Mad Dogs of the CFL in 1995. Prior to his Memphis position, he was the offensive line coach at Texas A&M in 1994, helping the Aggies to a 10-0-1 record. He has also held posts with the World League Birmingham team (1991-92) and the CFL Ottawa team (1990).
A native of Aliquippa, Pa., D'Alessandris was a four-year letterman and a three-year starting offensive guard at Western Carolina, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1979. He began his coaching career there as a graduate assistant before moving on to Livingston (1979-83), Memphis (1984-85) and Chattanooga (1986-89).
He and his wife Toni have three daughters, Anna (17), Kelly (16), and Emily (14).
