 After one year at Louisiana, Joseph became the head coach at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi beginning in the 2005 season, when the Choctaws went 2-8.The Choctaws finished 5-5 and 8-2 in 2006 and 2007, respectively.His 2008 squad began the season ranked #25 in the NCAA's Division III, but fell from the polls after an opening week, 42–6 defeat at the hands of rival Millsaps and finished the year 5-5.