Nominated by Steve D’Arcy, former Head Men’s Soccer Coach

Campbell is a graduate of Saint Kevin’s High School in Dublin, Ireland.  He participated in soccer and Gaelic football in Ireland and was standout soccer player for Mount Ida College.  A 1995 graduate of Mount Ida’s Exercise Science program, Joe was award First Team All-New England honors in the fall of 1993. Campbell served as the Head Coach of the Mount Ida women's soccer team for eight seasons before accepting the head coaching position with the men's program in November 2009. He was later also named Assistant Athletic Director at Mount Ida. 

After guiding the Mustangs from 2000-02, he returned to his native Ireland, where he played semi-professional soccer in the league of Ireland for Monaghan United during the 2003 campaign. Campbell rejoined the Mount Ida staff as an assistant coach on the women’s soccer team in 2004, and returned to the helm for the 2005 season.

Campbell coached Mount Ida to the North Atlantic Conference title in 2001. That same year, he was inducted into the College's Hall of Fame for the tremendous impact that he made on the soccer field as a Mustangs player. He played for Head Coach Steve D’Arcy, meriting All-New England First Team honors in 1993 and 1994, and went on to earn his associate’s degree in exercise science in 1995.

Before joining Mount Ida’s coaching staff in 2000, Campbell served as the assistant men’s soccer coach at Lasell College for three years.