University of Wyoming Athletics

Joe Caulfield was named associate athletics director for football operations/general manager in May of 2025. Caulfield comes to Wyoming after serving as director of operations at Air Force last season.

Prior to his time at the Air Force Academy, Caulield spent two seasons as the director of player personnel and football office operations at the University of North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks made the NCAA FCS Playoffs both seasons. Prior to his time at North Dakota, he served as the defensive quality control coach at Lafayette College.

n 2020, he was an intern with the Washington Commanders in the NFL. In this role, Caulfield managed the Kinexon Contact Tracing program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also reporting to the Senior Vice President of Football Administration, Infection Control Officer and Director of Football Operations. He traveled with the team and assisted with football operations and logistics. During his time in D.C., the Washington Football Team won the 2020 NFC East Championship and set the bar for the NFL with only two players appearing on the COVID-19 list during the season.
 
From 2016-19, Caulfield was an assistant coach for St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia and worked with the linebackers and special teams. During his time there, St. Joe’s Prep won the Pennsylvania 6A State Championship in 2016, 2018 and 2019, finishing in the USA Today Top 25 all three seasons.
 
In 2015, Caulfield was an assistant at Princeton University and worked with the varsity sprint football team. Caulfield has also worked part-time for Pro Football Focus and served as an intern for the College Gridiron Showcase, a collegiate all-star event which has featured several UND players in the past. He also worked football camps at Rutgers University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, University of Maine and the University of Connecticut.
 
A dual citizen of Ireland, Caulfield has played and coached lacrosse for Ireland’s National Team and earned 37 international caps as a player. He saw action in three world championships, two European championships and two Celtic Cup tournaments, while also being a member of the 2006 squad that finished seventh in the world.
 
As an undergrad, Caulfield was a two-time letterman for the varsity sprint football team at the University of Pennsylvania. Before that, he played two years of varsity lacrosse at Haverford College.
 
Caulfield earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Thomas Jefferson University in 2009 and graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Dakota in 2019.
 
Joe and his wife, Morganne have two children.