Known affectionately throughout the CFL as "Papa Joe", Faragalli joined the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1967 as an offensive coach. In 1981, he became head coach of the
Saskatchewan Roughriders and was awarded the
Annis Stukus Trophy as Coach of the Year; the team, 2–14 in each of the preceding two seasons, finished with a 9–7 record in 1981. (Despite the improvement, the team narrowly missed the playoffs.) Faragalli was replaced by Reuben Berry after a 1–5 start to Saskatchewan's 1983 season. Faragalli's greatest CFL coaching achievement, in 1987, almost never happened. He began that year as coach of the
Montreal Alouettes, but the franchise ceased operations days before the start of the season. After
Jackie Parker resigned as
Edmonton Eskimos coach two games into the year for health reasons, Faragalli was hired to replace him, and led the team to a
Grey Cup win against the
Toronto Argonauts. The Eskimos played in the 1990 Grey Cup game under Faragalli, but lost to Winnipeg. He coached the
Ottawa Rough Riders in 1991. After departing from the Eskimos in 1990, he served as the offensive co-ordinator for the
World League of American Football's Montreal Machine in 1991 and 1992, in between that one season in Ottawa. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as an assistant coach with the
Cincinnati Bengals,
Houston Oilers,
Buffalo Bills and the WLAF's
Montreal Machine. His son
Mike also coached in the CFL. Faragalli died in Narragansett,
Rhode Island on April 10, 2006, of heart failure eight days before his 77th birthday and approximately one month before his 50th wedding anniversary. ==Head coaching record==