Kenneth Paul Karcher was born on July 1,1963 and is an American high school football coach and former quarterback.
23 Facts About Ken Karcher
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Ken Karcher is the offensive coordinator for Albertville High School, a position he has held since 2023.
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Ken Karcher was the head football coach for Liberty University from 2000 to 2005 and East Central Community College from 2013 to 2022.
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Ken Karcher played college football for Tulane and professionally for the Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, and Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
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Ken Karcher coached for Idaho State, North Texas, the Orlando Thunder of the NFL Europe, Pittsburgh, the Rhein Fire of the NFL Europe, Fellowship Christian School, Toledo, and Eastern Michigan.
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Out of Shaler Area High School, in Pennsylvania, Karcher was a highly recruited quarterback and eventually went to the University of Notre Dame.
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Ken Karcher decided to transfer after two years to Tulane University, where he finished out his collegiate playing career.
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Ken Karcher went undrafted by NFL teams, and bounced around training camps before going to the Denver Broncos.
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Ken Karcher played in a total of four NFL games; three of those games came when he played as a replacement player while many other NFL players were on strike.
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The Broncos retained him for the rest of the year, and Ken Karcher backed up John Elway while the team played in Super Bowl XXII.
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Ken Karcher continued to play for the Broncos for one additional season, in 1988.
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Ken Karcher began his coaching career in 1991 as an assistant coach at the University of North Texas, where he coached the Mean Green quarterbacks and receivers.
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Ken Karcher held that position for the next three years, until Majors resignation at the end of the 1996 season.
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In 1997, Ken Karcher rejoined Galen Hall in the revamped World League, this time as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Rhein Fire, based in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Ken Karcher helped lead the Fire to the first winning season in the team's three-year history.
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Ken Karcher's offense led the league in rushing yards and ranked second in total offense.
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Ken Karcher was named the sixth head football coach at Liberty University on February 18,2000.
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Ken Karcher helped Gado get his foot in the door of an NFL team, and within the year Gado was the starting running back for the Green Bay Packers.
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Ken Karcher served as the school's athletic director, and taught a 9th grade Bible class at Fellowship Christian School.
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In 2008, Ken Karcher accepted a position as the quarterbacks coach with the University of Toledo.
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From 2013 to 2022, Ken Karcher served as the head football coach for East Central Community College.
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In 2023, Ken Karcher came out of retirement to be the offensive coordinator for Albertville High School.
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Ken Karcher is married to the former Pauline Termini and they have four children, daughters Kelly and Katie, and sons Austin and Clay.