Joseph William Avezzano (November 17, 1943 – April 5, 2012) was an American football player and coach.
Avezzano was later an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
He followed Majors to the University of Pittsburgh, where he was offensive line coach from 1973 to 1976, helping the 1976 Panthers to the national championship.
In December 1979, Avezanno was hired as a head coach for the first time at Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference.
[7] After the firing of Chan Gailey in 2000, he was considered as one of the candidates to take over the head coaching duties of the Dallas Cowboys, which eventually went to Dave Campo.
He posted a record of 17–13, and guided the club to two post-season appearances and a division title in the franchise's first two years of existence Avezzano was hired by Norv Turner as the special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders in 2003.
He and Turner coached together with the Cowboys from 1991 to 1993 where they helped Dallas win back-to-back Super Bowls following the 1992 and 1993 seasons.
In September 2011, Avezzano was announced as the new head coach of the Seamen Milano of the Italian Football League.