Louisiana Tech Football head coach Sonny Cumbie announced the hiring of Lorenzo Joe as the Bulldogs' wide receivers coach on Dec. 15, 2023.
“We’re excited to welcome Lorenzo, Madisyn, and Kash to Ruston and Louisiana Tech,” Cumbie said. “Lorenzo will be a great mentor, leader, and instrumental in the development of our receivers. He will make a huge impact within our program and with our players.”
Joe arrived in Ruston after spending the previous six seasons on Mike Gundy’s staff at Oklahoma State, where he served in various capacities while helping the Cowboys to a 51-26 overall record and five consecutive bowl appearances.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to be here at LA Tech and work under Coach Cumbie,” Joe said. “I am fired up to get to work and compete every day with my guys.”
In Joe’s first season in 2024, LA Tech wide receivers combined for 185 receptions, 2,319 yards and 14 scores. Joe tutored First-Team All-CUSA selection Tru Edwards who had a breakout season, snaring a league-high 85 receptions for 989 yards and six scores. Edwards was the only player in CUSA with 80+ receptions. Edwards, along with Jimmy Holiday, who recorded 39 receptions for 476 yards and two scores, both signed undrafted NFL free agent contracts after the 2025 NFL Draft. Joe saw five of his players record 200+ receiving yards for the season, the most since 2021.
Bulldog wide receivers registered 28 20+ yard reception, along with six 40+ yard grabs. Edwards recorded four 100+ yard contest, while Holiday had one. Edwards recorded a season-high 148 yards on the road at NC State, while logging two games with two touchdown grabs. His 86-yard score versus Jacksonville State is the programs 10
th longest pass play in school history.
Joe served as a prospect analyst in 2023. In that role, he helped guide the Cowboys’ recruiting efforts by evaluating film and analyzing data on prospective student-athletes.
From 2020-22, he worked primarily with the OSU wide receivers as a graduate assistant. During his three years as a graduate assistant, Oklahoma State had one All-America selection and three separate All-Big 12 selections at wide receiver. The Cowboys had at least one receiver eclipse 800 receiving yards in all three of Joe’s seasons.
In 2022, Oklahoma State ranked 20th nationally in passing offense with 279.5 yards per game. Under Joe’s guidance, wide receiver Brennan Presley was named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 after registering 67 receptions for 813 yards and two touchdowns.
Oklahoma State posted a 12-2 mark, capped with a Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame, marking the second 12-win season in program history in 2021. The Cowboys ranked No. 12 in the FBS and first in the Big 12 with 328 first downs on the year. Joe tutored wide receiver Tay Martin, who led the Big 12 with 1,046 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns, becoming just the 10th receiver in program history to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in a single season.
In his first year as wide receiver’s graduate assistant, he played a significant role in the success of Biletnikoff Award Finalist, First-team All-America and First -Team All-Big 12 wide receiver Tylan Wallace. Wallace would go on to be drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
As a quality control coach in 2019, Joe helped guide OSU to an 8-5 season, with Wallace earning second-team All-Big 12 laurels.
During his inaugural season in Stillwater in 2018, Joe served as volunteer assistant coach, helping coach Oklahoma State to an undefeated non-conference record and a 7-6 overall mark highlighted by a 38-33 win over Missouri in the Liberty Bowl.
Joe graduated from the University of Texas in 2018, majoring in Physical Culture and Sports. A four-year letter winner at wide receiver, he played in 45 games while making 13 starts. During his four-year playing career, the Longhorns appeared in two bowl games. As a senior, he started 12 of the Longhorn's 13 games while registering 20 receptions for 246 yards and a touchdown, highlighted by a career-high 98 yards on five receptions while scoring a touchdown in a win over Kansas.
Joe is married to his wife, Madisyn, and has a son, Kash.
What they are saying…
“Lorenzo has been a hard-working, loyal football coach for us since 2018. He has tremendous people skills very intelligent great football knowledge and willingness to get better and better every day.”
- Oklahoma State Head Coach Mike Gundy
“I am excited that La Tech has hired Lorenzo as wide receivers coach. After working together, the past four years I know he will bring passion and knowledge to the wide receiver room.”
- LA Tech Great and Oklahoma State Quarterbacks Coach Tim Rattay
“Lorenzo would do well in any profession, fortunately for college football he chose to be a coach.”
- Oklahoma State Offensive Coordinator Kasey Dunn
