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updated 06/11/2008

  Rose-Hulman News Wrestling Coaching Staff
 

Tony Karras

* Head Wrestling Coach
* Assistant Football Coach (DBs)

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Tony Karras begins his fifth season as the recruiting coordinator, special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Rose-Hulman in 2008.  He also enters his third year as the Fightin' Engineers head wrestling coach.

Karras played four years on the defensive line and earned three varsity letters at Northwestern, before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1988. He also serves as the head wrestling coach at Rose-Hulman.

Karras comes from a family of successful football coaches and players.  His brother Ted, Jr., served as head coach at Rose-Hulman from 2003-05, before accepting the head coaching position at Marian (Ind.). 

Tony's father, Ted, Sr., played for nine years in the National Football League from 1958-66 and was a starting guard for the 1963 world champion Chicago Bears.  His uncle, Alex, played football professionally for the Detroit Lions from 1958-71 and later appeared in more than 25 movies as an actor.

For the wrestling team, Karras has helped coach standouts Tyler Goble and Ryan Schalk to a combined 70 wins over the past two seasons.

In high school, Karras was named the Munster Times Defensive Player of the Year in 1983 and earned a pair of all-state honors on the defensive line at Hobart H.S.

Karras enjoyed a successful 14-year sales career at Quaker Oats and Kraft, before returning to coaching in the Hammond High School District in 2002.

E-mail: karras13@rose-hulman.edu
Phone: (812) 877-8250
Fax: (812) 877-8407

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