 Joe achieved his greatest success at Central State, where his teams won
two NAIA National Football Championships, in 1990 and 1992, and made many appearances in the NAIA football playoffs during the 1980s and 1990s.He teams at Florida A&M have made various appearances in the Division I-AA (now FCS) playoffs during the 1990s and early 2000s.In addition, Joe has won five straight black college football national championships with Central State University (1986–1990) and one with Florida A&M (1998).