Joe Houston enters his third season coaching in the NFL and third season with the New England Patriots in 2022 after spending 2019 with Alabama as a special teams analyst. Prior to joining the Crimson Tide, Houston spent three years at Iowa State as a quality control coach in 2016-17 and as special teams coordinator in 2018. In 2015, Houston worked as a quality control assistant at Toledo. He began his coaching career in 2012, when he spent three seasons at El Camino College as a special teams coach and assisted in the secondary.
Houston was a placekicker at USC from 2007-10 under coaches Pete Carroll and Lane Kiffin. After earning starting kicking duties in 2010, Houston led the team in scoring (73 points), made 10 field goals and was a perfect 43-for-43 for extra point attempts in his senior year. Houston also spent two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Chicago Rush and the Nebraska Danger after his collegiate career.
Houston is a native of Redondo Beach, California, and graduated from USC in 2010.
