As head coach at Maine from 2016-18, he led the Black Bears to a 20-15 record and their first FCS semifinal playoff appearance before leaving for FBS.

This story is breaking and more information will be added as it becomes available.  Multiple sources indicate that Joe Harasymiak has been hired as the new head coach of the Massachusetts football team.

In 2024, Brown led the Minutemen to a 2-8 record and was dismissed prior to the Nov. 23 game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery served as the team's interim head coach, losing both games. However, he did keep the 8-4 UConn Huskies within five points.

UMass is hiring Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak as the new head coach of the Minutemen, ESPN reported Wednesday. Harasymiak, 38, is expected to earn between $1.3 and $1.4 million annually,

The 38-year-old Harasymiak is a New Jersey native who played college football at Springfield in Massachusetts.

Rutgers football defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak is expected to become the new head coach at UMass, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Wednesday morning. Harasymiak, a Waldwick native, is in his third season with the Scarlet Knights,

He was on P.J. Fleck's coaching staff with the Gophers from 2019 to 2021 and he's now reportedly been hired as the new head coach at the University of Massachusetts, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Harasymiak heads to UMass after spending the last three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Rutgers.