The College of St. Scholastica

Greg Carlson, Head Coach
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-6737
GCarlson@css.edu

Greg Carlson, the former head coach at Wabash College in Indiana and defensive line and linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League, leads St. Scholastica's football program into its second season.

"Coach Carlson is the right person to represent our commitment to the Division III philosophy of the student athlete," said St. Scholastica President Larry Goodwin. "He has an impressive record of success as head coach at a nationally ranked liberal arts college. We look forward to his contribution to the development of St. Scholastica's students and our college's tradition of athletic achievement."

“St. Scholastica stands out to me as a college that has set the table for building a successful football program,” he said. “A lot of time and effort has already gone into the building of the football program prior to my arrival”. The people I've met on campus are exceptional.

Competing in NCAA Division III “is truly about finding the right fit,” he said. “By that I mean finding that athlete who fits the academic profile of The College of St. Scholastica, who is serious about earning a four-year degree, and who also happens to have a strong interest in continuing his football career.

“We’re going to put a young man on the field that the College and the city of Duluth can be proud of. Our players will understand that what a young man does in the classroom for four years has more to do with determining his success after college than what he does on the football field. Our staff also wants young men on our roster that will help us build a football program that is recognized for its excellence at the conference, regional, and national levels.

Carlson and his staff enjoyed the inaugural CSS football season. Over 80 young men were listed on the first ever football roster. “Our players were coachable, positive, and worked hard to learn our system”. Our staff feels that we have an outstanding group of returning players that will provide the foundation for future success on the football field.

Carlson is a graduate of Wauwatosa West ( Wis.) High School and earned an undergraduate degree in Physical Education at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He holds a Master of Education degree in Physical Education from the University of Oklahoma.

He has been a head coach twice before, leading Wabash College for 18 years from 1983-2000, and working at Whittier ( Calif.) College from 2003-2005. At Wabash, Carlson compiled a 112-57-2 record and won four conference championships as the head coach, after spending three previous seasons as the program’s Defensive Coordinator. At Whittier, he took over a team that had only 13 players in the spring of 2003 and by the 2005 season had increased the team roster to more than 80 players.

His coaching resume includes stops at Ball (Ind.) State (Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator), the University of Illinois (Director of Football Operations), the University of Evansville (Defensive Coordinator), and at Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans (Head Coach).

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Tom Parkevich, Defensive Coordinator
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-6547
TParkevi@css.edu

Parkevich enters his second season as the defensive coordinator for the Saints. He joined St. Scholastica after spending the past 10 years at Earlham (Ind.) College. Parkevich served as the football team’s defensive coordinator over his final eight seasons with the Quaker’s after spending his first two years as the program’s linebackers coach. He was also the head baseball coach throughout his decade-long stay at Earlham.

Prior to his stint at Earlham, Parkevich was the defensive coordinator for the football program and head baseball coach at Blackburn (Ill.) College from 1994 through 1997.

A native of Logansport, Ind., Parkevich is a 1991 graduate of Mount Senario College where he was a two-time all-conference honoree at inside linebacker, two year team captain, two-time Defensive MVP and team MVP as a senior. During the summers of 1990 and 1991, he played inside linebacker and coordinated the defense for the Stoke-on-Trent Spitfires in England.

Tom and his wife Michelle live in Duluth and have three children, Beau, Levi, and Veronica.

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Mike Heffernan, Offensive Line Coach
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-7015
MHeffern@css.edu

Heffernan comes over from the Unviersity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he was an offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator. Heffernan was a two-year starter for Elmhurst College at defensive tackle. He was an all-conference selection in 2006.

After his playing days, Heffernan became a student assistant at Elmhurst and graduated with a degree in kinesiology in 2007. During his time as a student assistant, Heffernan watched practice and file of three NFL training camps. He then moved on to a graduate assistant position at Northern State University where he was an assistant defensive line coach and video coordinator before moving to Stevens Point.