Tom Kucharski begins his 12th year as a part-time assistant coach in 2011 after lettering four times from 1993 to 1996. A native of Aurora, Ill., Kucharski was an infielder on Carthage’s CCIW-championship teams in 1993 and 1995. He graduated from Carthage in 1996 with a bachelor’s in geography, and he currently teaches high school social studies at The REAL School in Racine, Wis.