Joseph Thomas Pannunzio (born July 4, 1959) is an American football coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.
In November 2002, Murray State won a share of the Ohio Valley Conference championship with a 37–35 win over an Eastern Illinois squad led by future NFL quarterback Tony Romo.
The Racers finished the season 7–4 and 5–1 in conference, and MSU received the OVC's automatic bid to the Division I-AA playoffs.
Ron Lane, a junior running back, and Terrence Biggers, a former wide receiver, were charged with trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Following the incident, athletic director Allen Ward stated, "charges of this severity and magnitude demand stepped-up review of our football program."