View text source at Wikipedia

Ted Karras Jr.

For his son, see Ted Karras (offensive lineman).

Ted Karras Jr.
refer to caption
Karras Jr. was a replacement player during the 1987 NFL strike and was part of the Redskins' replacement players that went 3-0. On June 12, 2018, they were awarded Super Bowl XXII rings.
Marian Knights
Position:Head coach
Personal information
Born: (1964-12-10) December 10, 1964 (age 59)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:Hobart
(Hobart, Indiana)
College:Northwestern
Undrafted:1987
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Sacks:1.0
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Regular season:80–73 (.523)
Postseason:7–3 (.700)
Career:87–76 (.534)

Theodore George Karras Jr. (born December 10, 1964) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Marian University, a position he first held from the program's inception in 2007 to 2012 and resumed in 2023. Karras was the head football coach at Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana from 2003 to 2005 and Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio from 2013 to 2016. He led the 2012 Marian Knights football team to the NAIA Football National Championship title.

Playing career

[edit]

Karras played college football as a defensive tackle at Northwestern from 1983 to 1986 and played one game as a replacement player with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) during 1987 players' strike that inspired the movie The Replacements. 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. His son, Ted Karras III, is currently in the NFL as the starting center for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Coaching career

[edit]

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]

On December 22, 2022, Karras returned to Marian as head football coach for the 2023 season.[7]

Head coaching record

[edit]

College

[edit]
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 (MEL)
2008 Marian 7–4 2–4 5th (MEL)
2009 Marian 6–5 3–4 5th (MEL)
2010 Marian 10–3 5–2 3rd (MEL) L NAIA Quarterfinal 7
2011 Marian 12–1 5–0 1st (MEL) L NAIA Semifinal 3
2012 Marian 12–1 4–1 T–1st (MEL) W NAIA Championship 1
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
Marian Knights (Mid-States Football Association) (2023–present)
2023 Marian 9–2 6–1 T–1st (MEL) L NAIA Second Round 5
2024 Marian 6–2 2–1 (MEL)
Marian: 63–27 28–19
Total: 87–76
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Marian Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach; School will make its football debut in 2007". CBSSports.com. Associated Press. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on June 21, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Fresh off NAIA title, Marian coach Ted Karras Jr. leaving for D-II school". Victory Sports Network. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ted Karras Jr. named new head football coach at Walsh University". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ted Karras Jr. announced as new head football coach at Walsh University". Fox News. Associated Press. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Walsh Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach". Walsh University. December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  6. ^ "Ted Karras out as football coach at Walsh University". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. November 23, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  7. ^ VanTryon, Matthew (December 22, 2022). "Ted Karras returns to Marian to lead football program". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
[edit]