University of the Pacific

Joe Ford enters hisfifth year at Pacific and second as Special Assistant to the HeadMen's Basketball Coach.

He has been in charge ofteam travel, all community outreach programs and assisted thecoaching staff with academic services. Included among his communityduties was the Tigers Readers Watch Program, aimed at raisingliteracy rates at the elementary level in the San JoaquinValley.

Joe graduated fromPacific in the spring of 2010, after a five year career with theTigers. In 2008, he returned to the court after a possiblecareer-threatening injury. He picked up without missing a beat,earning Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards inboth his junior and senior seasons. Joe also earned All-Big WestConference First Team honors for the 2009-10 season. After hisremarkable return to the hardwood, he was a finalist for the 2009 VFoundation Comeback Award. Joe graduated from Pacific in 2010 witha BA in Education. He has a master's degree in educationalleadership from Concordia University.