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Ted Karras Jr.

American football player and coach (born 1964)

Summary

American football player and coach (born 1964)

Field	Value
name	Ted Karras Jr.
image	Dsc 7697 41860285535 o (50121426261).jpg
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.
position	Head coach
current_team	Marian Knights
birth_date
birth_place	Gary, Indiana, U.S.
height_ft	6
height_in	2
weight_lb	265
high_school	Hobart
(Hobart, Indiana)
college	Northwestern
undraftedyear	1987
statlabel1	Sacks
statvalue1	1.0
pfr	KarrTe21
regular_record
playoff_record
overall_record

(Hobart, Indiana)

Washington Redskins ()
Kankakee Valley HS (IN) (1989) Defensive line coach
Minnesota (1991) Graduate assistant
Northern Illinois (1992) Graduate assistant & defensive line coach
Lake Forest (1993–1994) Defensive coordinator
St. Francis (IL) (1995) Defensive line coach
Andrean HS (IN) (1996–1998) Head coach
Saint Xavier (1999–2002) Offensive coordinator
Rose-Hulman (2003–2005) Head coach
Marian (IN) (2007–2012) Head coach
Walsh (2013–2016) Head coach
Saint Francis (IN) (2022) Defensive line coach
Marian (IN) (2023–present) Head coach
1 NAIA Championship (2012)
3 MSFA (Mideast) championship (2011–2012, 2023)

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

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

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, the first appearance in school history, 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.

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. After the 2012 football season, Karras left Marian to become the second head football coach in Walsh University's school history, replacing Jim Dennison. Walsh, located in North Canton, Ohio, formally introduced Karras as the Cavaliers' new head coach on December 21, 2012. 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.

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

Head coaching record

College

Notes

References

(February 13, 2006). "Marian Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach; School will make its football debut in 2007". [[CBSSports.com]].
. (December 21, 2012). ["Fresh off NAIA title, Marian coach Ted Karras Jr. leaving for D-II school"](http://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip/news/fresh-off-naia-title-marian-coach-ted-karras-jr-leaving-for-d-ii-school.htm). *Victory Sports Network*.
. (December 21, 2012). ["Ted Karras Jr. named new head football coach at Walsh University"](http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2012/12/ted_karras_jr_named_new_head_f.html). *[[The Plain Dealer]]*.
. (December 21, 2012). ["Ted Karras Jr. announced as new head football coach at Walsh University"](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/ted-karras-jr-announced-as-new-head-football-coach-at-walsh-university). *[[Fox News]]*.
(December 21, 2012). "Walsh Names Ted Karras Jr. Football Coach". [[Walsh University]].
. (November 23, 2016). ["Ted Karras out as football coach at Walsh University"](https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/north-canton/2016/11/23/karras-out-as-football-coach/24489112007/). *[[The Repository]]*.
VanTryon, Matthew. (December 22, 2022). "Ted Karras returns to Marian to lead football program". [[The Indianapolis Star]].
Schroeder, Joe. (December 4, 2025). "Marian University football removed from NAIA Playoffs over ineligible player". [[WXIN]].

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