Joseph Fortunato (July 4, 1918 – February 21, 2004) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Adrian College from 1953 to 1955, tallying a mark of 8–17–1.
[1] A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Fortunato earned a bachelor of science degree at Kent State University.
[2] Fortunato served in the United States Navy as an athletic officer in the V-5 program at Miami University, where he coached the linemen on the football team under Sid Gillman.
From 1946 to 1947, Fortunato coached football and basketball at Leetonia High School in Leetonia, Ohio before moving to Upper Iowa University, where he served as athletic director, head basketball coach, and assistant football coach.