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American football coach (born 1964)

Joe Palka
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Adrian
Conference	MIAA
Record	6–4
Biographical details
Born	(1964-07-09) July 9, 1964 (age 60)
Alma mater	Eastern Michigan University (1987)
Playing career
1982	Grand Valley State
1983–1986	Eastern Michigan

Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987	Montpelier HS (OH) (assistant)
1988–1989	Summerfield HS (MI)
1990–1993	Central Catholic HS (OH)
1994	Saint Joseph's (IN) (DC)
1995	Saint Joseph's (IN)
1996–1997	Bryan HS (OH)
2002–2003	Adrian (assistant)
2004–2005	Eastern Michigan (co-ST/DB)
2006–2012	Whitmer HS (OH)
2013–2023	Saline HS (MI)
2024–present	Adrian

Head coaching record
Overall	7–13 (college) 171–38 (high school: Saline & Whitmer)

Joseph Palka (born July 9, 1964) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Adrian College, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Summerfield High School from 1988 to 1989; Central Catholic High School from 1990 to 1993; Saint Joseph's College in Collegeville, Indiana, in 1995; Bryan High School from 1996 to 1997, Whitmer High School from 2006 to 2012, and Saline High School from 2013 to 2023. He also coached for Montpelier High School and Eastern Michigan. He played college football for Grand Valley State and Eastern Michigan as a linebacker.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Saint Joseph's Pumas (Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference) (1995)
1995	Saint Joseph's	1–9	1–9	12th
Saint Joseph's:		1–9	1–9
Adrian Bulldogs (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2024–present)
2024	Adrian	6–4	3–4	5th
Adrian:		6–4	3–4
Total:		7–13

v t e Saint Joseph's Pumas head football coaches
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v t e Adrian Bulldogs head football coaches
Unknown (1892) No team (1893) Frank Ewing (1894) Unknown (1895–1896) No team (1897) Unknown (1898) No team (1899) Unknown (1900) No team (1901–1902) E. E. Tarr (1903–1904) No team (1905) Huffstrater (1906–1910) Tom Leith (1911–1912) Ernest Brown (1913) Frank Coombs (1914) Bill Dague (1915) Perry Grimm (1916–1917) No team (1918) Harvey E. Orwick (1919) No team (1920) B. M. Allman (1921–1922) Dale R. Sprankle (1923–1935) Frank Ballenger (1936–1937) Harve A. Oliphant (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Lyman E. Abbott (1946–1949) John Darnton (1950) Theodore Boyett (1951–1952) Joe Fortunato (1953–1955) Robert Gillis (1956–1958) Les Leggett (1959–1961) Charles Marvin (1962–1967) William C. Davis (1968–1972) Tom Heckert Sr. (1973–1981) Ron Labadie (1982–1989) Jim Lyall (1990–2010) Jim Deere (2011–2023) Harry Bailey # (2023) Joe Palka (2024– ) # Denotes interim head coach

# Denotes interim head coach

v t e Head football coaches of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Joe Palka (Adrian) Travis Rundle (Albion) Jason Couch (Alma) Trent Figg (Calvin) Peter Stuursma (Hope) Jamie Zorbo (Kalamazoo) Erik Ieuter (Olivet) Troy Abbs (Trine)

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