Colby Kratch - Football Coach - University of North Texas Athletics

Colby Kratch

Title:
Assistant Coach, Linebackers
Email:
UNTFootball@unt.edu
Alma Mater:
Toledo, 2013

Colby Kratch joined the UNT Football staff in December 2022. He serves as linebackers coach.

Kratch has spent the last six seasons on staff at Iowa State, most recently as assistant director of player personnel for the last five seasons since 2018. He was a graduate assistant on defense in 2017.

During his time in Ames, he helped ISU to five bowl games and the Cyclones became one of the Big 12's top defenses. Iowa State's last five recruiting classes were rated in the Top 50 according to 247Sports, including the 2022 group which is considered the best recruiting class in school history.

Prior to his arrival in Ames, Kratch spent two years (2015-16) as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, working primarily with the offensive line. The Spartans won the Big Ten Championship, compiled a 12-2 record and qualified for the College Football Playoff in his first season in East Lansing in 2015.

Kratch was a two-year letterwinner at tight end for Toledo (2011-12) after competing two years of junior college football at North Dakota State College of Science from 2009-10. He earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Toledo in 2013.

Following graduation, Kratch was an offensive intern for the Rockets in 2014 and an offensive graduate assistant in 2013 on Matt Campbell’s staff.

A native of Watertown, Minnesota, Kratch and his wife, Taylor, have a daughter, Colbie.

Coaching History
2013-14: Toledo, graduate assistant
2015-16: Michigan State, graduate assistant
2017: Iowa State, graduate assistant
2018-22: Iowa State, assistant director of player personnel
2023-: UNT, linebackers