Joe Ford enters his second year at Pacific as Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Operations.

He oversees team travel, all community outreach programs and assists the coaching staff with academic services. Included among his community duties is the Tigers Readers Watch Program, aimed at raising literacy rates at the elementary level in the San Joaquin Valley.

Joe graduated from Pacific in the spring of 2010, after a five year career with the Tigers. In 2008, he returned to the court after a possible career-threatening injury. He picked up without missing a beat, earning Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards in both his junior and senior seasons. Joe also earned All-Big West Conference First Team honors for the 2009-10 season. After his remarkable return to the hardwood, he was a finalist for the 2009 V Foundation Comeback Award. Joe is a 2010 graduate of Pacific.