Pete Kalinowski is in his fifth season on the coaching staff at Wofford and fourth season as the tight ends coach. His recruiting responsibilities include eastern North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham) and southeast Georgia. Kalinowski also oversees the summer football camps and is the pro liaison.
Last season he coached senior tight end Michael Harpe, who had five catches for 68 yards. In 2012, the tight ends providing blocking for the nation’s second-ranked rushing offense while catching three touchdown passes.
During the 2011 season, the tight ends caught three touchdown passes during the campaign and were a key piece to the Wofford ground game which led the nation in rushing yards.
In 2010, he assisted Eric Nash with the offensive line. The line led the way for the top rushing offense in the nation at 297.77 yards per game. Pat Illig and Clark Bishop both earned All-Southern Conference honors. Illig was also recipient of the Jacobs Blocking Award, presented to the top offensive lineman in the Southern Conference, and he was named an All-American.
He joined the Terrier staff after four seasons coaching at the high school level. For two seasons he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Salisbury High School. The team won two Central Carolina Conference titles and posted a 20-7 overall record in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he worked with the inside linebackers at East Rowan High School. He moved to defensive coordinator and safety coach in 2009 as the team was 9-4 overall and advanced to the second round of the state playoffs.
A four-year letterman at Catawba College, Kalinowski played defensive end and defensive tackle. He had 79 career tackles, including 19 tackles for loss and five sacks. The team made three playoff appearances and was ranked as high as second in the nation in 2001. He graduated in 2005 with a B.S. degree in information sciences with a concentration in programming.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Kalinowski graduated from Broughton High School. He and his wife, Courtney, have a son, Max Ayers, who was born May 7, 2007, and a daughter, Madison Grace, born on July 23, 2014.
