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DeutschCarl Herakovich
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1937 East Chicago, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Playing career | |
| 1955–1958 | Rose Poly |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1963 | Rose Poly |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–13 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Little All–American (1958) | |
Carl T. "Rocky" Herakovich (born August 6, 1937) is an American retired engineering professor, college football player, coach and official. He served as the head football coach at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—from 1962 to 1963, compiling a record of 3–13. Herakovich was the founding director of the NASA-Virginia Tech Composites Program at Virginia Tech and Director of Applied Mechanics and the Henry L Kinnier Professor of civil engineering at the University of Virginia. [1]
Herakovich played football at Rose Poly as a halfback. He led the nation in scoring in 1958 with 168 points in eight games. The 168 points was the most scored by a college football player in a season since 1926, when Mayes McLain tallied 253 points for Haskell.[2][3] Herakovich graduated from Rose Poly in 1959. He was a graduate student, research assisatnt, and assistant instructor in the engineering mechanics department at the University of Kansas when he was hired, in 1962, as head football coach at his alma mater, succeeding Max Kidd.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Poly Engineers (Prairie College Conference) (1962–1963) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Rose Poly | 1–7 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1963 | Rose Poly | 2–6 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Rose Poly: | 3–13 | 0–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–13 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Faculty Bio "engineering.virginia.edu". UVA Engineering. April 23, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ Knight, Max (November 16, 1958). "Rocky Sets Scoring Mark As EC Loses, 27-12". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. Richmond, Indiana. p. 22. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "Small College Grid Leaders Are Announced". The Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. December 11, 1958. p. D5. Retrieved December 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Carl Herakovich Named New Rose Poly Football Mentor". The Terre Haute Tribune. Terre Haute, Indiana. April 26, 1962. p. 30. Retrieved December 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Carl Herakovich". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
