Joe McGee (American football)

Joe McGee
Biographical details
Born	1902
Died	1958
Playing career
Football
1921–1922	Providence
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934–1937	Providence
1939–1941	Providence Steamrollers
1942	Springfield Steamrollers
Basketball
1921–1922	Providence
Head coaching record
Overall	13–18 (college football)

Joseph P. McGee (1902–1958) was an American football and basketball coach. He is credited with instituting basketball at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, where he later served as head football coach, from 1934 to 1937, compiling a record of 13–18.^[1]^[2] McGee was also the head coach of the revived Providence Steamrollers of the American Association of football.^[3]

McGee later owned a garage and car rental service as the Narraganset Hotel in Providence. He died in 1958 of a heart attack.^[4]

Head coaching record[]


Year	Team	Overall
Providence Friars (Independent) (1934–1937)
1934	Providence	4–3
1935	Providence	6–2
1936	Providence	1–7
1937	Providence	2–6
Providence:		13–18
Total:		13–18

^ "Joseph P. McGee". riheritagehalloffame.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ "Providence College Football" (PDF). Providence College. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ "1940 Providence Steamrollers". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ O'Gara, Roger (November 18, 1958). "Fair Or Foul". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved October 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .