Ted Karras Jr.
Theodore George Karras Jr. (born December 10, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently head football coach at Walsh University, a position he held from December 2012 to November 2016. Previously, Karras served as the first head football coach at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He held that position from the program's inception in 2007 through the 2012 season in which Marian won the NAIA Football National Championship. Karras played college football as a defensive tackle at Northwestern University from 1983 to 1986 and played one game as a replacement player with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) during the players' strike in 1987. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the head football coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His father, Ted Karras Sr., played for the Chicago Bears in the 1960s. His uncles also played in the NFL: Alex Karras for the Detroit Lions and Lou Karras for the Washington Redskins.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 10, 1964 Gary, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1986 | Northwestern |
| 1987 | Washington Redskins |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989 | Kankakee Valley HS (IN) (DL) |
| 1991 | Minnesota (GA) |
| 1992 | Northern Illinois (GA/DL) |
| 1993–1994 | Lake Forest (DC) |
| 1995 | St. Francis (IL) (DL) |
| 1996–1998 | Andrean HS (IN) |
| 1999–2002 | Saint Xavier (OC) |
| 2003–2005 | Rose-Hulman |
| 2007–2012 | Marian (IN) |
| 2013–2016 | Walsh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–72 (college) |
| Tournaments | 7–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NAIA National (2012) 2 MSFA (Mideast) (2011–2012) | |
Coaching career
Karras was a graduate assistant at the University of Minnesota in 1991 and at Northern Illinois University in 1992. He then worked as a defensive assistant at Lake Forest College from 1993 to 1994 and as a defensive line coach at the University of St. Francis in 1995. In 1996, Karras became the head football coach for Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana, and took his team to the state championship, where they lost to Bishop Chatard High School of Indianapolis. In 1999, Karras moved on to Saint Xavier University in Chicago as offensive coordinator. After four years at Saint Xavier, Karras moved to Terre Haute, Indiana to become head football coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In 2006, Karras took the job of coaching the inaugural football team at Marian University.[1]
In the football program's sixth year of play in 2012, Karras led the Knights to the 2012 NAIA Football National Championship, where they won 30–27 in overtime.[2] After the 2012 football season, Karras left Marian to become the second head football coach in Walsh University's school history, replacing Jim Dennison.[3][4] Walsh, located in North Canton, Ohio, formally introduced Karras as the Cavaliers' new head coach on December 21, 2012.[5] At the end of the 2016 season, in which the Cavaliers compiled a 1–10 record, the worst in program history, Walsh University announced that Karras would no longer be coaching the team.[6]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches'# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Rose-Hulman | 5–5 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2004 | Rose-Hulman | 4–6 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 2005 | Rose-Hulman | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| Rose-Hulman: | 14–16 | 6–12 | |||||||
| Marian Knights (Mid-States Football Association) (2007–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Marian | 1–9 | 1–6 | 7th (Mideast) | |||||
| 2008 | Marian | 7–4 | 2–4 | 5th (Mideast) | |||||
| 2009 | Marian | 6–5 | 3–4 | 5th (Mideast) | |||||
| 2010 | Marian | 10–3 | 5–2 | 3rd (Mideast) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 7 | |||
| 2011 | Marian | 12–1 | 5–0 | 1st (Mideast) | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 | |||
| 2012 | Marian | 12–1 | 4–1 | T–1st (Mideast) | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |||
| Marian: | 48–23 | 20–17 | |||||||
| Walsh Cavaliers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2013–2016) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Walsh | 3–8 | 3–6 | T–4th (South) | |||||
| 2014 | Walsh | 4–7 | 3–7 | T–5th (South) | |||||
| 2015 | Walsh | 2–8 | 2–8 | T–5th (South) | |||||
| 2016 | Walsh | 1–10 | 0–10 | 5th (South) | |||||
| Walsh: | 10–33 | 8–31 | |||||||
| Total: | 72–72 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- "Marian Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach; School will make its football debut in 2007". CBSSports.com. Associated Press. February 13, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- "Fresh off NAIA title, Marian coach Ted Karras Jr. leaving for D-II school". Victory Sports Network. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- "Ted Karras Jr. named new head football coach at Walsh University". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- "Ted Karras Jr. announced as new head football coach at Walsh University". Fox News. Associated Press. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- "Walsh Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach". Walsh University. December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- "Ted Karras out as football coach at Walsh University". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. November 23, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Pro Football Reference