Steve Kragthorpe
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| Steve Kragthorpe | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Louisville | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Big East | |
| Team record | 6–6 | |
| Born | April 28, 1965 | |
| Place of birth |  Missoula, MT |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 35–28 | |
| Bowls | 1–2 | |
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| Championships | ||
| 2005 C-USA championship | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1983-1984 1985-1987 |
Eastern New Mexico West Texas |
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| Position | QB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1990-1991 1992-1993 1994-1995 1996 1997 1998-2000 2001-2002 2003-2006 2007-present |
Northern Arizona (QB) Northern Arizona (OC) North Texas (OC) Boston College (QB) Texas A&M (QB) Texas A&M (OC) Buffalo Bills (QB) Tulsa Louisiville |
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Steve Kragthorpe (born April 28, 1965 in Missoula, Montana) is the head coach for the University of Louisville football team. From 2003 through 2006 he was the head coach at the University of Tulsa.
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[edit] Early career
Kragthorpe was born in Missoula, Montana but attended Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho. He was recruited by Bill Kelly to play at Eastern New Mexico University, where he played quarterback in 1983 and '84. When Kelly left ENMU for West Texas State (now West Texas A&M University), Kragthorpe followed him. After sitting out the 1985 season, he played in 1986 and '87. He started 11 games as a senior and completed 179-of-344 passes for 1,980 yards and nine TDs.
Kragthorpe earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1988 from West Texas State and received his MBA in 1989 from Oregon State University. He then spent more than a decade as an assistant coach at several colleges. At age 26, he became offensive coordinator under Steve Axman at Northern Arizona University. He left in 1994 to join Matt Simon's coaching staff at the University of North Texas. After leaving the state of Texas for one year, serving as quarterbacks coach under Dan Henning at Boston College in 1996, Kragthorpe came back to join R. C. Slocum's staff at Texas A&M. He served as quarterbacks coach in 1997 before replacing Steve Marshall as offensive coordinator in 1998. Texas A&M won a Big 12 championship in 1998.
In 2001, Kragthorpe left the collegiate ranks to become quarterback coach under head coach Gregg Williams for the Buffalo Bills. He trained quarterback Drew Bledsoe. who had arguably the best season of his career in 2002. In 2003, Kragthorpe took over his first head coaching position, succeeding Keith Burns at the University of Tulsa.
[edit] Head coaching career
In his first season at Tulsa, Kragthorpe guided a program that had won just two games during the previous two seasons to a 8–5 record and its first bowl game appearance since 1991. In 2005, Tulsa won the Conference USA championship and then went on to beat Fresno State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
Kragthorpe took over the University of Louisville vacancy on January 9, 2007. He replaced former head coach, and fellow Montanan, Bobby Petrino who agreed to serve as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Kragthorpe's contract is a 1.1 million dollar a year contract (with bonuses) for five years. Louisville hired Kragthorpe in what many consider to be a “whirlwind courtship,” becoming the head coach in less than 48 hours after Petrino submitted his resignation.[1]
Although Louisville started the 2007 season as #10 on the AP Poll, they finished the season only 6–6. Rumors swirled on whether Kragthorpe would return for a second season. After days of speculation whether Kragthorpe could leave for the vacant head coaching job at Southern Methodist University, Louisville sports information director Rocco Gasparro confirmed on November 21, that there is a “50-50 chance” Kragthorpe will be at SMU in 2008.[2] In a press conference that same day Kragthorpe ruled out any speculations that he was entertaining an offer from SMU, saying he was “100 percent committed” to Louisville.[3] Following Louisville's dismal 2007 season, Kragthorpe released both offensive coordinator Charlie Stubbs and defensive coordinator Mike Cassity and then hired Michigan defensive coordinator Ron English to same position.[4]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Western Athletic Conference) (2003 – 2004) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Tulsa | 8–5 | 6–2 | T–3rd | L Humanitarian Bowl | — | — | ||
| 2004 | Tulsa | 4–8 | 3–5 | T–6th | — | — | |||
| Tulsa: | 12–13 | 9–7 | |||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Conference USA) (2005 – 2006) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Tulsa | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1st | W AutoZone Liberty Bowl | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Tulsa | 8–5 | 5–3 | 3rd (West) | L Armed Forces Bowl | — | — | ||
| Tulsa: | 17–9 | 11–5 | |||||||
| Louisville Cardinals (Big East Conference) (2007 – present) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Louisville | 6–6 | 3–4 | T-5th | — | — | |||
| Louisville: | 6–6 | 3–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–28 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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[edit] Personal
Coach Kragthorpe and his wife, Cynthia, have three sons: Chris, Brad, and Nik. Steve's brother, Kurt, is a sports columnist for the Salt Lake City Tribune; their father, Dave Kragthorpe, was also a college football coach, most notably at Oregon State.
[edit] Trivia
Kragthorpe is the third straight Louisville coach with Rocky Mountain ties. John L. Smith was an Idaho native, and Bobby Petrino was a fellow Montana native.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official profile at the University of Louisville Athletics Web Site
- Official Profile at the University of Tulsa's athletics site
| Preceded by Bobby Petrino |
University of Louisville Head Football Coach 2007– |
Succeeded by Current |
| Preceded by Keith Burns |
University of Tulsa Head Football Coach 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by Todd Graham |
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