Joseph "Little Joe" Wentworth was an American football player and coach. As a player, he was captain of the football team at Dartmouth in 1899. Wentworth began his career coaching for Kenyon from 1900 to 1901. Upon its formation in 1902, Wentworth won the first four titles of the Ohio Athletic Conference with Case School of Applied Science. During this four year stretch, he achieved a dominating league record of 18–1–1, including beating archrival Western Reserve by a combined 132–0.