Schurig named as new Ichabod football coach

Dec. 28, 2001

Washburn Athletics Director Loren Ferré has announced today that Craig Schurig has been named the head football coach of the Ichabods. Schurig replaces Tony DeMeo who resigned after eight seasons as the Ichabod head coach.

“I’m very excited to have Craig on board,” Ferré said. “He comes from a winning program and knows what it takes to win in this conference. His skills as a recruiter and coach are outstanding and we are excited about the future of Ichabod football.”

Schurig spent nine seasons as a member of Pittsburg State’s coaching staff. He recently finished his sixth season as the Gorillas’ defensive back coach. Prior to that he spent three seasons working with the Pitt State tight ends. He has spent the last seven seasons recruiting Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma high schools and junior colleges.

While on the Gorillas coaching staff, Schurig was a part of a NCAA national finalist squad in 1995, four MIAA Championship teams and eight NCAA Division II playoff teams. He helped guide one of the top defenses in Division II including the top-ranked defensive squad in 1999. He was also the punt team coordinator for the past six seasons.

Before arriving at Pittsburg State, Shurig spent the 1993 season as a graduate assistant coach at his alma alter, Colorado School of Mines after serving as a volunteer assistant in 1992.

A member of the American Football Coaches Association, Schurig has coached nine All-Conference players and three All-Americans. Schurig, a Willingboro, N.J., native, was a four-year letterman as a defensive back at Colorado Mines, earning second-team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honors as a senior. He graduated in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering.

Schurig earned a master’s degree in physical education at Pittsburg State in 1996. Craig and his wife, Louisa, have a daughter, Samantha, and two sons, Mitchell and Michael.