Glenn Caruso
 | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | St. Thomas (MN) |
| Conference | MIAC |
| Record | 98-14 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 20, 1974 Greenwich, CT |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | Ithaca |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Ithaca (OL) |
| 1997–2003 | North Dakota State (RB/TE/OC) 2003 |
| 2004–2005 | South Dakota (QB/OC) |
| 2006–2007 | Macalester (HC) |
| 2008–present | St. Thomas (MN) (HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 103–26 |
| Bowls | 15–6 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 8 (MIAC 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 NCAA West Region 2011, 2012, 2015) | |
| Awards | |
| 6× National Coach of the Year | |
Glenn Caruso (born May 20, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota Caruso served as the head football coach at Macalester College from 2006 to 2007. He has been awarded the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award for NCAA Division III three times: 2010, 2011 and 2012.[1][2]
Coaching career
Caruso, 42, has built a 96-14 record in his eight seasons at St. Thomas, with seven NCAA playoff berths and a 16-6 postseason mark in his 8 years. He's considered to be among Division III's most accomplished young coaches in any sport.
After guiding the 2015 Tommies to the National Championship Game (Stagg Bowl) with a 14-1 record, Caruso was voted by his peers as the Division III National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA); It was Caruso’s 6th national coach of the year award in his 8 years at St Thomas, the most of any active DIII football coach.
Only 5 DIII coaches have won the AFCA COTY award twice in its history dating back to 1935: Caruso’s collegiate coach at Ithaca, Jim Butterfield, along with Larry Kehres (Mount Union), Lance Leipold (Wisconsin-Whitewater) and Bob Reade (Augustana)
In his inaugural season; Caruso took over a St. Thomas team that finished 2-8 the previous year and led the Tommies to a 7-3 record. Following that up with: An 11-2 record in 2009, including a 2-1 playoff record and a berth in the NCAA playoff quarterfinals
A 12-1 performance and a return NCAA quarterfinal run in the 2010 campaign
A 13-1 record and NCAA playoff semifinal trip in 2011
A 14-1 mark and national runner-up placing in 2012.
That five-year run completed the biggest turnaround in Division III football, bringing the Tommies from a 206th national ranking to No. 2 overall.
Only three D-III programs have more wins over the past seven seasons than St. Thomas' total of 80.
He has taken the team to the Division III Football Championship playoffs in all but one season since 2009.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester Scots (NCAA Division III independent) (2006–2007) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Macalester | 2–7 | |||||||
| 2007 | Macalester | 4–5 | |||||||
| Macalester: | 6–12 | ||||||||
| St. Thomas Tommies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008 | St. Thomas | 7–3 | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2009 | St. Thomas | 11–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2010 | St. Thomas | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2011 | St. Thomas | 13–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
| 2012 | St. Thomas | 14–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 2013 | St. Thomas | 8–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2014 | St. Thomas | 8–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2015 | St. Thomas | 14–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| St. Thomas: | 98–14 | 64–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 104–26 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "St. Thomas' Caruso a repeat winner in Coach of Year honor". Star Tribune. January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Coach of the Year: Glenn Caruso Division III". Liberty Mutual. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ↑ Shaffer, Ian. "University of Saint Thomas (All time records)". College Football Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2012.