A native of Amherst, N.H., Nutting is a familiar name to followers of Keene State athletics, as he played both hockey (for the ACHA club team) and lacrosse with the Owls. He was a two-time Offensive Player of the Year in the Little East Conference for men's lacrosse and was named an honorable mention All-American. Before Keene, Joe played lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and was a member of junior hockey for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs.
Nutting scored 100 points as an Owl hockey player and has spent his last two years at Franklin Pierce University as an associate head coach for the men's ice hockey team. Joe has returned to Keene State to split duties as an assistant coach for both Owl men's lacrosse and hockey teams.