| Kit Cartwright | |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1954 |
| Player Years1: | 1975 |
| Player Team1: | Bowling Green |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back |
| Coach Years1: | 1976 |
| Coach Team1: | Toledo (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1977 |
| Coach Team2: | Ohio Wesleyan (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 1978 |
| Coach Team3: | Penn State (part-time assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1979–1982 |
| Coach Team4: | Bowling Green (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1983–1985 |
| Coach Team5: | Bowling Green (WR/DB) |
| Coach Years6: | 1987–1988 |
| Coach Team6: | Eastern Illinois (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1989–1992 |
| Coach Team7: | Colorado State (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1993 |
| Coach Team8: | Ball State (OC) |
| Coach Years9: | 1994–1995 |
| Coach Team9: | Michigan (QB/WR) |
| Coach Years10: | 1996 |
| Coach Team10: | Indiana (PCG) |
| Coach Years11: | 1998–2001 |
| Coach Team11: | Butler (OC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2002–2005 |
| Coach Team12: | Butler |
| Coach Years13: | 2006 |
| Coach Team13: | DePauw (OC) |
| Coach Years14: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team14: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years15: | 2009 |
| Coach Team15: | Indiana (QC) |
| Coach Years16: | 2010 |
| Coach Team16: | Indiana (DFO) |
| Overall Record: | 7–36 |
Kit Cartwright (born January 4, 1954) is former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Butler University from 2002 to 2005. After compiling a 7–36 record at Butler, he was fired as the school's head football coach, effective at the end of the 2005 season.[1] [2]
Cartwright is a native of Toledo, Ohio. He attended Bowling Green State University, where he played defensive back as a walk-on under head coach Don Nehlen. He graduated from Bowling Green in 1976. Since that time, Cartwright has been a football coach at 13 different universities, including Toledo (graduate assistant, 1976), Ohio Wesleyan (defensive coordinator, 1977), Penn State (part-time assistant, 1978), Bowling Green (defensive secondary coach, 1979-1982),[3] Purdue (defensive secondary and receivers coach, 1983–1986), Eastern Illinois (offensive coordinator, 1987–1988), Colorado State (1989–1992), Ball State (offensive coordinator, 1993), Michigan (quarterback and receivers coach, 1994–1995),[4] and Indiana (passing game coordinator, 1996), Butler (offensive coordinator, 1998–2001; head coach, 2002–2005), and DePauw (offensive coordinator, 2006). He was the position coach for future NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Brian Griese while at Michigan. He was also the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League from 2007 to 2008.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]