Craig Schurig
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Craig Schurig
| image = Craig schurig 2006.jpg
| current_title = Quarterbacks coach
| current_team = North Alabama
| current_conference = UAC
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|2}}
| birth_place = Willingboro, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date =
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| player_years1 = 1983–1986
| player_team1 = Colorado Mines
| player_positions = Defensive back
| coach_years1 = 1992
| coach_team1 = Colorado Mines (RB)
| coach_years2 = 1993–1995
| coach_team2 = Pittsburg State (TE)
| coach_years3 = 1996–2001
| coach_team3 = Pittsburg State (ST/DB)
| coach_years4 = 2002–2024
| coach_team4 = Washburn
| coach_years5 = 2025–present
| coach_team5 = North Alabama (QB)
| overall_record = 141–110
| bowl_record = 3–1
| tournament_record = 1–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 MIAA (2005)
| awards = MIAA Coach of the Year (2005)
AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year (2005)
| coaching_records =
}}
Craig Schurig (born March 2, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the quarterbacks coach for the University of North Alabama, a position he has held since 2025.{{Cite news |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Dearmon announces 2025 football staff |url=https://www.roarlions.com/news/2025/2/25/football-dearmon-announces-2025-football-staff.aspx |access-date=March 20, 2025 |work=University of North Alabama}} He was the head football coach for Washburn University from 2002 to 2024.{{Cite news |date=November 18, 2024 |title=Washburn University announces coaching change for football program |url=https://wusports.com/news/2024/11/18/football-washburn-university-announces-a-coaching-change-for-football-program.aspx |access-date=November 18, 2024 |work=Washburn University}} He is the 40th person to hold the post. He is known for turning around a once-losing program into a winning program.{{cite web |url=http://www.semissourian.com/story/1129904.html|title=seMissourian.com: College Sports: Interviews begin (12/10/05)|work=seMissourian.com}} As of the 2013 Washburn University budget, Schurig's salary is listed as $101,303.{{cite web |url=http://cjonline.com/slideshow/2014-07-15/notable-2013-salaries-athletic-figures-kansas#slide-27|title=Notable 2013 salaries for athletic figures in Kansas |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.wusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=36|title=Washburn Athletics|work=wusports.com|accessdate=September 10, 2016}}
Prior to becoming the Washburn head coach, Schurig spent nine years as an assistant coach under Chuck Broyles at Pittsburg State University.{{Cite web|url=https://trumanbulldogs.com/|title=Truman State University Athletics - Official Athletics Website|website=Truman State University Athletics}}
Personal life
Schurig grew up in Willingboro Township, New Jersey.Cayowod, Kurt. [http://cjonline.com/stories/123001/spo_caywoodcol.shtml#.WkvW83m1vIV "Caywood: Can Schurig engineer WU success?"], The Topeka Capital-Journal, December 30, 2001. Accessed January 2, 2018. "When he graduated from high school, Schurig went more than halfway across the country, from Willingboro, N.J., to Colorado School of Mines, where he earned a degree in petroleum engineering." He graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Colorado School of Mines{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.mines.edu/Sports/Football/Game%20Notes/washburn.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901083806/http://athletics.mines.edu/Sports/Football/Game%20Notes/washburn.htm|url-status=dead|title=Background|archivedate=September 1, 2006}} and went on to earn a master's degree in physical education at Pittsburg State University in 1996. He lives in Topeka, Kansas with his wife, a daughter, and two sons.{{Cite web | url=http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-037-046-coaches.pdf?id=63 | title=Coaches - 2007 Ichabod Football Media guide| website=www.wusports.com}} (Download)
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Washburn Ichabods
| conf = Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
| startyear = 2002
| endyear = 2024
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Washburn
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Washburn
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = Mineral Water
| bowloutcome = W
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2005
| name = Washburn
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Washburn
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 24
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = Washburn
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 25
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = Kanza
| bowloutcome = W
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = Washburn
| overall = 10–3
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 11
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Washburn
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 7–4
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 7–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = Washburn
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–7
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Washburn
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–6
| confstanding = 8th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Washburn
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 7–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = Mineral Water
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = Washburn
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 6–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname = C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2018
| name = Washburn
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–6
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Washburn
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 6–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = No team—COVID-19
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Washburn
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 9–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 25
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Washburn
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 7–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Washburn
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 0–10
| confstanding = 11th
| bowlname =
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Washburn
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Washburn
| overall = 141–110
| confrecord = 120–97
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 141–110
| bowls = no
| poll =
| polltype = Rankings from final AFCA poll
}}
References
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External links
- [https://wusports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/craig-schurig/959 Washburn profile]
{{Washburn Ichabods football coach navbox}}
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