Joey Leigh "Jake" McCandless (c. 1930 – November 5, 2007) was an American football and basketball coach.
He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1969 to 1972, compiling a record of 18–17–1.
McCandless also served as acting head basketball coach for the final 15 games of the 1960–61 season, replacing an ailing Franklin Cappon, who suffered a heart attack in January 1961.
When Cappon died in November of that year, McCandless was named his successor and led the Princeton team for the 1961–62 season.
[2] McCandless died at the age of 77, at his home in Ocala, Florida, on November 5, 2007.