Sport(s) Football Name Glenn Caruso Record 80–13 | 1992–1995 Ithaca 1996 Ithaca (GA) | |
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Born May 20, 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-05-20 ) 2002 North Dakota State (OC) Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | ||
Glenn caruso performance expectations for players and coaches
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.
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- Glenn caruso performance expectations for players and coaches
- Glenn caruso honored
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Glenn caruso honored
Coaching career
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.
Caruso has taken the team to the NCAA Division III playoffs in all but one season since 2009.
