Joseph R. "Jay" Cottone (born c. 1949) is a former American football coach.
He served as head football coach at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire from 1981 to 1985, compiling a record of 46–7 and leading the Panthers to five consecutive New England Football Conference (NEFC) titles.
Cottone played college football as a quarterback at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1968 to 1970 and served as an assistant football coach from 1976 to 1980.
[1][2] He resigned from his position at Plymouth State University in July 1986 to become an assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) under head coach Jim Reid.
[3] In 1988, Cottone was hired as the head football coach at Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut.