Craig Schurig (born March 2, 1965) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

coach and former player. He is the current head football coach for

Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ...

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and he held that position since the 2002 season. He is the 40th person to hold the post. He is known for turning around a once losing program to a winning program. As of the 2013

budget, Schurig's salary is listed as $101,303. Schurig led the Washburn football program to a win in the 2004 Mineral Water Bowl. The Ichabods posted their first NCAA Division II playoff appearance and their first Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) championship in 2005. The conference championship was the first for the Ichabods since the 1983 season. Schurig earned the MIAA Coach of the Year honors for his efforts leading the Ichabods that season. He was also named the AFCA's Region 3 Coach of the Year. Prior to becoming the Washburn head coach, Schurig spent nine years as an assistant coach under

Chuck Broyles Charles Leroy Broyles (born February 5, 1947) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Pittsburg State University from 1990 to 2009, compiling a record of 198–47–2 in 20 se ...

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Personal life

Schurig grew up in Willingboro Township, New Jersey. He graduated in 1987 with a

bachelor’s degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six y ...

in petroleum engineering from

Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines, informally called Mines, is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on en ...

and went on to earn a

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physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorat ...

in 1996. He lives in

with his wife, a daughter, and two sons.http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-037-046-coaches.pdf?id=63

Head coaching record

References

External links

Washburn profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schurig, Craig 1965 births Living people American football defensive backs Colorado Mines Orediggers football coaches Colorado Mines Orediggers football players Pittsburg State Gorillas football coaches Washburn Ichabods football coaches Pittsburg State University alumni People from Willingboro Township, New Jersey Players of American football from New Jersey Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey