Glenn Caruso was born to Mr. & Mrs. Frank Caruso. His father was a lawyer in the Greenwich, Connecticut area.[3] At the age of four, Caruso was diagnosed with leukemia.[4] After hearing that his son wouldn't live until his fifth birthday, Frank Caruso drove his family to the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré to pray for healing; Glenn ended up recovering from the disease.[5] Caruso's mother died when he was eight.[3] He was a lineman for Greenwich High School, and was the starting center at Ithaca College. He considered law school, but eventually was hired by North Dakota State head coach Bob Babich.[3]
In 1998 he was on a committee for the Special Olympics, where he met his wife.[3]
Coaching career
Macalester College
Caruso served as the head football coach at Macalester College from 2006 to 2007. His record for the 2006 season was 2–7, and his record for the 2007 season was 4–5.
University of Saint Thomas
Caruso in 2016.
In his first season at St. Thomas, in 2008, Caruso led the Tommies to a 7–3 record after the team had finished 2–8 the previous year.
During 2021 Caruso led St. Thomas' unprecedented leap from Division III to Division I. In the school's first year at Division I, St. Thomas posted a 7–3 record and finished 3rd in the Pioneer League. In 2022, the second season of being a Division I program, 17 months into the transition, Caruso led St. Thomas to an undefeated conference championship.
Personal life
Caruso married his wife, Rachel, on Memorial Day weekend in 2001. They have three children: Anna, Cade, and Truman.[3] Rachel was diagnosed with cancer in 2017.[3] Caruso is a Catholic and considers "faith, family, and football" to be the most important things in his life.[7]
In 2023, his daughter Anna was the head coach for a 14U girl's softball team, and asked Caruso to be her assistant coach.[6]
