Ken Karcher 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 . Early life and playing career . 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 . Coaching career . 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 . In 1997 , Karcher rejoined Galen Hall in the revamped World League , this time as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Rhein Fire , based in Düsseldorf , Germany . He helped lead the Fire to the first winning season in the team ' s three - year history . Rhein finished in first place with a record of 7 – 3 , but lost to the Barcelona Dragons in World Bowl ' 97 . Under his tutelage , quarterback T . J . Rubley earned all - World League honors and was named the league ' s offensive most valuable player . Karcher ' s offense led the league in rushing yards ( 1 , 555 ) and ranked second in total offense ( 3 , 253 ) . The offensive line set a league record by holding their opponents to only one sack the entire regular season . Collegiate coaching . Karcher was named the sixth head football coach at Liberty University on February 18 , 2000 . At Liberty , Karcher ' s teams underachieved . Despite this , Liberty chancellor Jerry Falwell resigned him to a 5 - year contract after the 2004 season . But , he would only last one more season . After a 1 – 10 campaign in 2005 , Karcher was fired . His final coaching record at Liberty was 21 – 46 , with a 6 – 8 record in conference play ( including two straight second places finishes ) . As a coach , Karcher stressed building character in his players through football . One such player was Samkon Gado , a reserve while playing at Liberty . 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 . After his dismissal from Liberty , Karcher was the offensive coordinator at Fellowship Christian High School in Roswell , Georgia , where he led the Paladins to their first - ever winning season and a deep run in the Georgia state playoffs . He also served as the school ' s athletic director , and taught a 9th grade Bible class at Fellowship Bible Church . In 2008 , Karcher accepted a position as the quarterbacks coach with the University of Toledo . He helped the Rockets in an upset win over the Michigan Wolverines , although the squad finished 3 – 8 . In January 2009 , head coach Ron English hired Karcher as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Eastern Michigan University . The Eagles finished that year with a 0 – 12 record , and Karcher ' s offense ranked 116th out of 120 teams in total yards ( 3 , 340 ) . Since then , EMU has improved , posting a 2 - 10 record the following year and a 6 - 6 record in 2011 . EMU regressed in 2012 and finished the year 2 – 10 . After the season , in which the Eagles finished near the bottom of the conference offensive statistics , Karcher left the program . Personal life . Karcher is married to the former Pauline Termini and they have four children , daughters Kelly and Katie , and sons Austin and Clay .