| Ted Karras | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Marian (IN) |
| Conference | MSFA |
| Record | 36–22 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 10, 1964 |
| Place of birth | Gary, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1986 1987 |
Northwestern Washington Redskins |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989 1991 1992 1993–1994 1995 1996–1998 1999–2002 2003–2005 2007–present |
Kankakee Valley HS (IL) (DL) Minnesota (GA) Northern Illinois (GA/DL) Lake Forest (DC) St. Francis (IL) (DL) Andrean HS (IN) Saint Xavier (OC) Rose–Hulman Marian (IN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–38 (college) |
| Tournaments | 3–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MSFA (2011) | |
Theodore George "Ted" Karras, Jr. (born December 10, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is the first and current head football coach at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has held that position since the program began play in 2007. Karras played college football as a defensive tackle at Northwestern University from 1983 to 1986 and for one year (1987) in the National Football League with the Washington Redskins. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the head football coach at Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology. His father, Theodore Karras, 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.
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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 coordinator 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 College.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches'# | |||
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| Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Rose–Hulman | 5–5 | |||||||
| 2004 | Rose–Hulman | 4–6 | |||||||
| 2005 | Rose–Hulman | 5–5 | |||||||
| Marian: | 14–16 | ||||||||
| Marian Knights (Mid-States Football Association) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Marian | 1–9 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2008 | Marian | 7–4 | 2–4 | 4th | |||||
| 2009 | Marian | 6–5 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2010 | Marian | 10–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
| 2011 | Marian | 12–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 | |||
| Marian: | 36–22 | 16–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 50–38 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final NAIA Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
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