Source: Grambling set to work with Joseph as coach

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  • Senior WriterDec 17, 2023, 06:56 PM ET Close College football press reporter.
  • Signed up with ESPN.com in 2008.
  • Graduate of Northwestern University.Grambling is set to hire

Mickey Joseph, a Louisiana native and previous assistant at the school, as its next head coach, a source told ESPN.Joseph, 55, will be presented

at a press conference Monday early morning. He most recently served as a Nebraska assistant and became the Huskers’ interim coach for nine games after Scott Frost’s shooting early in the 2022 season. In November 2022, Joseph was jailed at his home in Lincoln and charged with felony attack by strangulation or suffocation following an argument with his better half. Nebraska cut ties with him in December 2022. Editor’s Picks In April, the assault charges against Joseph were dropped after the lady who lodged the problem declined to affirm. Joseph and his other half are separated and co-parenting their children, according to a source.He will change Color Jackson, the former NFL coach who was fired after only 2 seasons at Grambling.Joseph, a Marrero, Louisiana, native, played quarterback for Nebraska and in the CFL before a long coaching career in college and high school. He coached Grambling’s wide receivers and special groups in 2014 and 2015 and also made college drop in the state at Nicholls State, Louisiana Tech and LSU, where he coached wide receivers from 2017 to 2021 under coach Ed Orgeron.Football Scoop first reported Grambling was targeting Joseph for the task and hoped to finalize an offer soon.