| Joe Purzycki | |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1947 |
| Player Years1: | 1967–1970 |
| Player Team1: | Delaware |
| Coach Years1: | 1971 |
| Coach Team1: | Kearny HS (NJ) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1972–1974 |
| Coach Team2: | Woodbridge HS (DE) |
| Coach Years3: | 1975–1977 |
| Coach Team3: | Caesar Rodney HS (DE) |
| Coach Years4: | 1978–1980 |
| Coach Team4: | Delaware (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1981–1984 |
| Coach Team5: | Delaware State |
| Coach Years6: | 1985–1990 |
| Coach Team6: | James Madison |
| Overall Record: | 55–51–3 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Awards: | MEAC Coach of the Year (1983) |
Joseph Purzycki (born February 20, 1947) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware from 1981 to 1984 and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia from 1985 to 1990, compiling a career college football coaching record of 55–51–3. Purzycki played college football at the University of Delaware and was later an assistant coach at his alma mater, where he learned the Wing T offense from head coach Tubby Raymond.[1] When Purzycki was hired as the head football coach at Delaware State in January 1981, he became the first white man appointed to that role for the historically black school. Many students and players had expected Delaware State to hire Billy Joe, an African American who had played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and was then an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Some students and players protested Purzycki's hiring.[2]
Purzycki was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[3]