Joe Kopp
Joe Kopp
Title: Linebackers Coach/Recruiting Coordinator/Social Media Director
Email: football-info@willamette.edu
Year: 2nd
Degree: BA, Rhetoric and Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College '13

Joe Kopp is in his second season as an assistant coach at Willamette in 2020-21. He coaches the linebackers, and also serves as the recruiting coordinator and the social media director for the Bearcats.

Kopp was the linebackers coach at Lewis & Clark College from 2014 through 2018. He coached four players who earned All-Northwest Conference honors.

Prior to coaching, Kopp played safety on the football team at Lewis & Clark for four years from 2009 through 2012. He was selected All-NWC and was the team's Most Valuable Defensive Player as a senior in 2012. He graduated from L&C with a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric and Media Studies in 2013. He then played professional football for the Trvana Bulldogs in Slovakia as part of the Czech Football League in 2014.