Tony Karras
* Head Wrestling Coach
* Football Recruiting Coordinator
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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
Mark Buti
* Assistant Wrestling Coach
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