Ken Karcher
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | East Central CC |
| Conference | MACJC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 1, 1963 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1982 | Notre Dame |
| 1984–1985 | Tulane |
| 1987–1988 | Denver Broncos |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 | North Texas (QB/WR) |
| 1992 | Orlando Thunder (PGC/QB) |
| 1993 | Pittsburgh (pass OC/QB) |
| 1994–1996 | Pittsburgh (OC/QB) |
| 1997–1999 | Rhein Fire (OC/QB) |
| 2000–2005 | Liberty |
| 2006–2007 | Fellowship Christian HS (OC/QB) |
| 2008 | Toledo (QB) |
| 2009–2012 | Eastern Michigan (OC/QB) |
| 2013–present | East Central CC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–46 (college) |
Kenneth Paul Karcher (born July 1, 1963) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at East Central Community College, a position he has held since January 2013. Karcher served in the same capacity at Liberty University from 2000 to 2005, compiling a record of 21–46.
Out of Shaler Area High School, in Pennsylvania, Karcher was a highly recruited quarterback and eventually went to the University of Notre Dame. While there, he was a third-string quarterback behind Blair Kiel. He decided to transfer after two years to Tulane University, where he finished out his collegiate playing career.
Karcher went undrafted by NFL teams, and bounced around training camps before going to the Denver Broncos. He 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. The Broncos retained him for the rest of the year, and Karcher backed up John Elway while the team played in Super Bowl XXII. Karcher continued to play for the Broncos for one additional season, in 1988.
As of 2017[update]'s NFL off-season, and despite severely limited duty Ken Karcher held at least 2 Broncos franchise records in front of more famous Broncos quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and John Elway, including:
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. The next year he was hired by head coach Galen Hall as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football. Following the suspension of the World League, Karcher returned to the college ranks as an assistant on Johnny Majors' coaching staff at the University of Pittsburgh. During his first season, he served as the Panthers' pass offense coordinator and quarterbacks coach, sharing coordinator duties with run offense coordinator Charles Coe. In March 1994, Majors put Karcher in sole charge of the offense, promoting him to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He held that position for the next three years, until Majors resignation at the end of the 1996 season.
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