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- Joined Packers March 7, 2008 as defensive quality control coach. Promoted to cornerbacks coach on Feb. 3, 2009.
- Has five years of college coaching experience.
- Played collegiately and coached as a student assistant at Auburn, where his father, Joe Sr., was on the coaching staff.
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Joe Whitt Jr.
Secondary - Cornerbacks
Third NFL Season
Second Packers Season
Entering his third season in the NFL, Joe Whitt Jr., begins his second with the Green Bay Packers but first in his new position of secondary - cornerbacks coach.
Originally named defensive quality control coach on March 7, 2008, by Head Coach Mike McCarthy, the 31-year-old Whitt was promoted to cornerbacks coach on Feb. 3, 2009.
He came to Green Bay after one year with the Atlanta Falcons as assistant defensive backs coach. Whitt coached the previous five years in the college ranks, beginning with the 2002 season as wide receivers coach at The Citadel, followed by a four-year stint as cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisville.
Last year, Whitt's duties for the Packers included breaking down opponent game film and analyzing their offensive tendencies while also assisting with the defensive backs and special teams.
In 2006 with Atlanta, Whitt worked alongside veteran coach and former Packers defensive coordinator Emmitt Thomas in tutoring the Falcons' defensive backs. Cornerback DeAngelo Hall earned his second Pro Bowl berth that season.
During his time in Louisville, Whitt's recruiting efforts helped bring the program into national prominence as the Cardinals went 41-9 over that four-year stretch. After joining the staff in 2003, Whitt worked diligently to improve the Cardinals' recruiting efforts, and the program landed its first top-25 recruiting class in 2005.
On the field, he coached All-Big East first-team selection William Gay, who led the team with six interceptions and was a fifth-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007. Whitt also had a hand in safety Kerry Rhodes, a starter for the New York Jets, and Antoine Harris, currently with the Atlanta Falcons, making it to the NFL.
Whitt broke into the collegiate coaching ranks in 2002 as wide receivers coach at The Citadel. In his only season there, the Bulldogs saw their passing attack increase by 81.3 yards per game over 2001, averaging 219.8 yards in 2002. Under Whitt's guidance, all of the team's receivers produced career highs in 2002, most notably Scooter Johnson, who improved on his six catches for 104 yards as a junior to bring in 69 passes for 950 yards and seven touchdowns to earn first-team All-Southern Conference honors as a senior.
A native of Auburn, Ala., and a walk-on as a player at Auburn University, Whitt eventually earned a scholarship and played for a coaching staff that included his father, Joe Sr., an Auburn assistant since 1981 who at one time as defensive line coach tutored current Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene.
Whitt worked his way into Auburn's rotation at wide receiver and contributed on special teams, battling several injuries along the way. After three shoulder surgeries and reconstructive knee surgery, he was granted a medical hardship waiver and became a student assistant at Auburn for two seasons, coaching alongside his dad.
Whitt graduated from Auburn in 2001 with a degree in communications. Whitt and his wife, Ericka, have two children, a son, Joseph Barrington, and a daughter, Ava Jenee.
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