George Karras

George Karras
Biographical details
Born	1928/1929 (age 90–91)
Died	March 5, 2017
Playing career
1953–1955	Villanova
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1962	Villanova (line)
1963	Wichita State (DL)
1964	UMass (defensive assistant)
1965–1966	Wichita State
1967	UMass (line)
1971–1979	Harvard (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1983–1986	Denver Broncos (scout)
1987–1997	Los Angeles Raiders (dir. pro pers.)
Head coaching record
Overall	4–15

George Karras (c. 1929 – March 5, 2017) was an American football player, coach, scout and executive. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University from 1965 to 1966, compiling a record of 4–15. Karras gave Bill Parcells his first full-time coaching job while the Wichita State head coach.[1] He left Wichita in 1966 to be the line coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was previously the defensive coach there before coming to Wichita in 1964. Karras played college football as a guard at Villanova University from 1953 to 1955.[2] Karras attended high school in Etna, Pennsylvania. He later worked for the United Scouting Combine and as the chief scout in the Northeastern United States for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). In 1987, he was named the director of pro personnel for the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders.[3] Karras died on March 5, 2017.[4]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1965–1966)
1965	Wichita State	2–7	0–4	6th
1966	Wichita State	2–8	1–3	T–4th
Wichita State:		4–15	1–7
Total:		4–15

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References

https://books.google.com/books?id=J4XZCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=george+karras+bill+parcells&source=bl&ots=nMf-fwVklS&sig=ACfU3U0CF5XQ9ITjh81fMJMam7bv_7gNcg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYrcKMyLbnAhVylnIEHYZzDNsQ6AEwC3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=george%20karras%20bill%20parcells&f=false
"Karras Is Named Coach at Wichita". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. December 15, 1964. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Google News.
Katanik, Ralph (March 25, 1987). "Etna's Karras is an executive with Raiders". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Google News.
Durkin, Jimmy (March 6, 2017). "Raiders mourn the loss of two members of their football family; Former offensive lineman and scout Mickey Marvin and former executive George Karras both died Monday". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

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[2] "Karras Is Named Coach at Wichita". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. December 15, 1964. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Google News.

[3] Katanik, Ralph (March 25, 1987). "Etna's Karras is an executive with Raiders". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 27, 2014 – via Google News.

[4] Durkin, Jimmy (March 6, 2017). "Raiders mourn the loss of two members of their football family; Former offensive lineman and scout Mickey Marvin and former executive George Karras both died Monday". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved August 11, 2017.