2015

WEEK OF -~~--.:....---- East Central's Karcher takes coach road less traveled

By Austin Bishop ~ KS Karcher is noi your typical col– ge football coach, but he's OK th that. While the former Notre Dame, Tulane and NFL quarterback certainly enjoys winning football games, the East Central Community College head football coach quickly points out that the scoreboard does not dictate who be is as a person, nor does it determine the success of his team. "Iwin everyday," Karcher said. "II win– ning is based only on the scoreboard that means every (Thursday), Friday, Satur– day, and Sunday that 50 percent of the coaches out there are losers. Sports tells people that their performance is their identity. Sports is what you do, it isn't who you are. Ninety percent of all coaches and athletes let their perform– ance determinewho they are." Karcher is headed into his third season as head coach ai ECCC, after serving as an assistant coach at several NCAA Divi-

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mark and was confronted by a fan in an unusual setting. It was something Karcher remembers to this day.