Glenn Caruso
 Caruso in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | St. Thomas (MN) |
| Conference | MIAC |
| Record | 126–21 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 20, 1974 Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | Ithaca |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Ithaca (GA/OL) |
| 1997–2003 | North Dakota State (OC/RB/TE) |
| 2003 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire (OC/OL) |
| 2004–2005 | South Dakota (OC/QB) |
| 2006–2007 | Macalester |
| 2008–present | St. Thomas (MN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 132–33 |
| Bowls | 19–8 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 7 MIAC (2010–2012, 2015–2017, 2019) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× Liberty Mutual COY (2010–2012) 2× AFCA NCAA Division III COY (2012, 2015) 6× MIAC Coach of the Year (2010–2012, 2015–2017) | |
Glenn Caruso (born May 20, 1974) is an American football coach and former player. He is 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
In his first season at St. Thomas, in 2008, Caruso led the Tommies to a 7–3 record after the team has finished 2–8 the previous year.
After guiding the 2015 Tommies to the NCAA Division III Football Championship Game 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 six 6th national coach of the year award at St Thomas, the most of any active NCAA Division III football coach.
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 | ||||
| 2016 | St. Thomas | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2017 | St. Thomas | 11–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2018 | St. Thomas | 8–2 | 6–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2019 | St. Thomas | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | |||||
| St. Thomas: | 126–21 | 85–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 132–33 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "St. Thomas' Caruso a repeat winner in Coach of Year honor". Star Tribune. January 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Coach of the Year: Glenn Caruso Division III". Liberty Mutual. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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