Special Teams Coach
"A proven coach at all levels, Gardi joins the Jets staff after serving as head coach of the Portland Thunder in the WFL for three games.
He began his coaching career as head coach at Oratory Prep in Summit, New Jersey where he produced two winning seasons in three years for a school which had not won in five years. He moved to Roselle Park (NJ) High School as head coach, and in his third season won the state championship after the school had not produced a winner in 10 seasons.
Joe then became the freshman coach at Maryland in 1970 before becoming the offensive line coach for the varsity in 1971 and 1972 and receiver coach from 1972 through 1974. He joined the Philadelphia Bell of the WFL in 1974 as special teams and running backs coach and coached the offensive backs for the Bell until mid-season 1975 when he was named interim head coach. In his one game as head coach, the Bell defeated Portland and the next week, Gardi was named head coach at Portland. The Thunder, in three games, won two before the WFL folded.
He played collegiately at Maryland as both an offensive and a defensive tackle. He signed as a free agent with Washington, then with Buffalo but failed to make either club.
Gardi was born in Newark, New Jersey and is a native of Harrison, New Jersey."
-1976 New York Jets Media Guide
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