Lloyd Carr

College coach infobox


Name = Lloyd Carr
| Caption =
DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1945|7|30
Birthplace = Hawkins County, TN
Sport = Football
Title = Head coach
OverallRecord = 122-40 (75.3%)
Awards = 1997 Walter Camp Nat'l COY
1997 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
Northern Michigan University Hall of Fame 1997
1997 Catholic League Hall of Fame
2007 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year
2008 Robert R. Neyland Award
Championships = 1997
1997/1998/2000/2003/2004 Big Ten Championship Lloyd Carr has a park named in honor of him in Riverview, MI. Former Pennsalt Park, was renamed Carr Park on May 17, 2008.
CFbDWID = 330
Player = Trigger
Years = 1964-1966
1967
Team = Missouri
Northern Michigan
Position = QB
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1995-2007
1987-1994
1980-1986
1980-1980
1978-1979
1976-1977
1974-1975
1970-1973
1968-1969
CoachTeams = Michigan
Michigan (DC)
Michigan (Secondary)
West Virginia (off-season [ [http://blog.mlive.com/wolverines-multimedia/2007/11/1118_lloyd_carr_through_the_ye.html Lloyd Carr through the years] ] )
Illinois (Assistant)
Eastern Michigan
John Glenn HS
Belleville HS
Nativity HS
HOF =

Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) is the former head coach of the University of Michigan football team, a job he held from 1995 until January 2008. Under Carr, the Wolverines record was 122–40, they won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004), and the 1997 team was declared the Associated Press national champion. [cite web | url=http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html | title=Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions | accessdate=2007-11-19]

Youth and education

Born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, Carr moved with his family to Riverview, Michigan when he was ten years old. [ [http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2008/apr/19/carr-grew-to-appreciate-legacy-of-uts-general/ Carr wins Neyland Award] ] Carr's picture is still shown in the Riverview Community High School gym lobby, he quarterbacked the Pirates to a 1962 State Championship. A talented athlete, Carr played college football at University of Missouri, and later at Northern Michigan University (NMU) while earning his M.A. in education administration. He was a star quarterback at NMU and led the Wildcats to an undefeated season after transferring there from Missouri. [ [http://www.mgoblue.com/football/coachbio.aspx?id=41722 MGoBlue Football: Lloyd Carr] ]

Early coaching career

Carr's coaching career began as an assistant at Nativity High School in Detroit (1968–69) and at Belleville High School (1970–73). He became head coach at Westland John Glenn High School in 1973 and earned Regional Class A Coach of the Year honors in 1975 following an 8–1 season.

Carr's collegiate coaching career started with two seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University (1976–77), followed by two seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois (1978–79). Carr then moved on to Michigan where he served as an assistant under Bo Schembechler (1980–89) and Gary Moeller (1990–94). Carr was the team's defensive secondary coach for his first seven seasons and then defensive coordinator from 1987 until 1994. He also held the title of assistant head coach from 1990 to 1994.

Head coach at Michigan

Carr was named Michigan's interim head coach on May 13, 1995, following the resignation of Gary Moeller nine days earlier due to off-the-field trouble. Though athletic director Joe Roberson initially declared that Carr was not a candidate in the search for Moeller's permanent replacement, Roberson reversed his earlier position and gave Carr the job permanently on November 13, 1995 after he posted an 8-2 record through his first ten games as head coach. His very first game as head coach, at home against Virginia in late August 1995, was at the time Michigan's largest ever comeback win, from 17–0 down.

In 1997, Carr's team defeated Ohio State, 20–14, making him the third Michigan coach to defeat Ohio State in each of his first three games, following Fielding Yost and Fritz Crisler. The Wolverines concluded that season with a win over Washington State in the Rose Bowl, after which Michigan was named national champions by the Associated Press. They were also awarded the MacArthur Bowl by the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame and the Grantland Rice Award by the Football Writers Association of America, given annually to the nation's most outstanding football team. For his efforts Carr received the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award and was named the National Coach of the Year.

During the 2003 season, Carr joined Yost, Bennie Oosterbaan and Schembechler as the only coaches in school history to serve for more than 100 career games. The Wolverines also won consecutive Big Ten championships in 2003 and 2004, earning the school's 18th and 19th appearances in the Rose Bowl game. In 2005, Carr recorded his 100th career victory, against Iowa. He ranks third in school history in career victories, behind only Schembechler (194) and Yost (165).

2007 was a somewhat disappointing year for Carr and the Wolverines. They lost four games, including season-opening losses to Appalachian State (the only time a I-AA school has ever beat a team ranked in the AP Top 25, although ASU went on to win its 3rd consecutive National Championship in the 1-AA division that year) and Oregon, as well as season-ending losses to Wisconsin and archrival Ohio State. This was the fourth consecutive loss by Michigan in the series, and the sixth in seven years.

At a Sunday team meeting, on November 18, 2007, after the completion of the 2007 regular season, Coach Carr told his team that he was retiring after Michigan's bowl game, and he made his official public announcement at a press conference on Monday, November 19, 2007.

On the eve of his final game versus the defending national champion University of Florida in the 2008 Capital One Bowl, Coach Carr was awarded the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award. [ [http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2007/12/31/doddaward_0101.html Carr wins Bobby Dodd Award] ]

On January 1, 2008, then-unranked Michigan beat ninth-ranked Florida 41–35 in the 2008 Capital One Bowl to allow Coach Carr to record a win in his final game as Michigan's head coach. The defending national champion Gators were led by head coach Urban Meyer and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. In the final AP poll after the game, Michigan ranked No. 18.

During the 2008 NCAA Football season it has been rumored that Lloyd Carr will become the Head Football Coach at Syracuse University. An announcement is expected after the season.

Legacy

Carr was among the winningest active football coaches in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). His teams have won five Big Ten titles and shared the 1997 national championship with Nebraska. In addition, Michigan had been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for all but nine of its games under Carr (all occurring in 1998, 2005 and 2007). Only once during his tenure did Michigan end its season unranked (2005). Carr became the first Wolverine coach to win four straight bowl games, beating Auburn, 31–28, on New Year's Day at the 2001 Florida Citrus Bowl, after leading Michigan to victories in the 1998 Rose Bowl, 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl, and the 2000 Orange Bowl.

Carr was also lauded for his high ethical standards and avoidance of any substantive NCAA violations during his tenure. His integrity was widely lauded as one of his defining characteristics, and a major part of his legacy.

Carr posted a better than .500 or better record against two of Michigan's three top rivals, going 5–4 against Notre Dame and 10–3 against Michigan State. Carr also recorded a 9–2 record against Penn State. His record was 6–7 against Ohio State.

Activities off the field

In addition to his work on the football field, Carr is involved with the University and the community. He has been active in support of women’s athletics, endowing a women’s sports scholarship that is presented annually to a female student-athlete at UM.

Carr has served as the chairperson for the WJR/Special Olympics Golf Outing. He and his wife, Laurie, were also co-chairs of the 2002 Washtenaw County United Way Campaign. Carr serves on the NCAA Rules Committee and is a member of the American Board of Trustees. Since 2004, an annual summer "Carr's Wash for Kids" has been held with the proceeds benefiting C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Carr also hosts the Hall-of-Fame Football Camp in his hometown of Riverview, MI.

Coaching record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
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conf = Big Ten Conference
startyear = 1995
endyear = 2007CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1995
name = Michigan
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overall = 8-4
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overall = 10-3
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bowlname = Citrus Bowl
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year = 1999
name = Michigan
overall = 10-2
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bowlname = Orange Bowl
bowloutcome = W
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ranking = 5CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 2000
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ranking = 7CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 2004
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bowl = yes
bowlname = Rose Bowl
bowloutcome = L
bcsbowl = yes
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championship =
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overall = 7-5
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championship =
year = 2007
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overall = 9-4
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confstanding = T-2nd
bowl = yes
bowlname = Capital One Bowl
bowloutcome = W
bcsbowl =
ranking = 19CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Michigan
overall = 122-40
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ee also

* [http://mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=15328 Carr's record against each opponent]
* [http://mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=15326 Capsule descriptions of each season from Michigan's official website]

Player accomplishments

In the Carr era, several Michigan players have won national and conference awards:

National awards

*Heisman Trophy: Charles Woodson (1997)
*Walter Camp Award: Charles Woodson (1997)
*Chuck Bednarik Award: Charles Woodson (1997)
*Bronko Nagurski Trophy: Charles Woodson (1997)
*Jim Thorpe Award: Charles Woodson (1997)
*Doak Walker Award: Chris Perry (2003)
*Dave Rimington Trophy: David Baas (2004)
*Fred Biletnikoff Award: Braylon Edwards (2004)
*Lombardi Award: LaMarr Woodley (2006)
*Ted Hendricks Award: LaMarr Woodley (2006)

Conference honors

* Big Ten MVP: Charles Woodson (1997), Chris Perry (2003), Braylon Edwards (2004)
* Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year: Chris Perry (2003), Braylon Edwards (2004)
* Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year: Jon Jansen (1998), Steve Hutchinson (2000), David Baas (2004), Jake Long (2006-07)
* Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Woodson (1997), Larry Foote (2001), LaMarr Woodley (2006)
* Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year: LaMarr Woodley (2006)
* Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Charles Woodson (1995), Anthony Thomas (1997), Steve Breaston (2003), Mike Hart (2004)

NFL Draft

* [http://mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=24513 Lloyd Carr's players in the National Football League Draft]

References

External links

* [http://mgoblue.com/coach_bio.cfm?bio_id=299&section_id=257&top=2&level=3 Michigan football profile]
* [http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3747007 Man of the (Big) House] , by Kevin Newell, Scholastic.com, August 2007. Interview with Carr covering his personal history and coaching philosophy.