Joe Maggio is in his sixth season as Illinois' Director of Video in 2026. Maggio oversees all day-to-day video operations for the Fighting Illini, coordinates Illinois and opponent scouting video for coach and student-athlete review, handles recruiting film, and manages a team of student assistants.

Maggio has helped elevate Illinois to new expectations in his first five seasons in Champaign, alongside head coach Bret Bielema. The Illini have 37 wins, 23 Big Ten victories, and bowl victories in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl and 2025 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl since Maggio's arrival in 2021. Illinois' success has continued to even greater heights over the last two seasons with 19 wins from 2024-25, setting the Illinois record for wins in a two-year period and achieving the first back-to-back 9+-win seasons in program history.

Maggio has helped Bielema set the Illinois records for wins in a season (10, 2024), bowl victories coached (3), bowl games coached (2), and wins in a head coach's first five seasons (37). Bielema is the first head coach in Illinois history to win bowl games in back-to-back seasons, as Illinois beat #14 South Carolina in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl and #23 Tennessee in the 2025 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl for the first two victories over SEC opponents in Illinois history. The lllini finished the 2024 season ranked #16 in the nation (AP/Coaches), then finished #25 in 2025 (Coaches). 

Maggio joined the Illini after five seasons with the UNLV football program, where he oversaw the Rebels’ video operations. He spent the 2013-15 seasons in the same capacity at Florida International where he worked with former Illinois head coach Ron Turner.

Maggio joined FIU after a long stint at his alma mater, Stony Brook, where he eventually served as video operations manager and pro liaison assistant for the Seawolves. Maggio, who received his bachelor’s in business management economics from Stony Brook in 2012, also worked with the Stony Brook lacrosse program and served as a videographer for the Major League Lacrosse Long Island Lizards franchise.