'Lloyd H. Carr' (born
July 30,
1945) has served as
head coach of the
University of Michigan football team since 1995. Through the end of the 2006 season, Carr has a record of 113-36. Under Carr, the
Wolverines have won or shared five
Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004), and his
1997 squad was declared the
Associated Press national champion.
Youth and education
Born in
Hawkins County,
Tennessee, Carr moved with his family to
Riverview,
Michigan when he was ten years old. 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 - Columbia, 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.
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.
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 now ranks third in school history in career victories, behind only Schembechler (194) and Yost (165).
On September 1, 2007, Carr's Michigan team made history by losing to
Appalachian State of the
Division I Football Championship Subdivision, 34-32. The game already ranks as one of the biggest upsets in NCAA history. As a result of the game, Michigan dropped out of the
The Associated Press Top 25 poll (they had previously been ranked #5), marking the largest drop in that poll since it expanded to 25 teams in 1989.
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Carr is known as having a keen eye for judging and developing talent and his players have gone on to win such individual national awards as the Heisman, Doak Walker, Camp, Belinikoff, Lombardi, Butkus, Hendricks and Thorpe awards.
Legacy
Carr is 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 one national championship - in 1997. In addition, Michigan has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for all but six of its games (all occurring in 1998 and 2005) under Carr. He also 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 has posted a .500 or better record against each of Michigan's three top rivals, going 6-6 against
Ohio State, 4-4 against
Notre Dame, and 9-3 against
Michigan State.
Off the field activities
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 Wash" has been held with the proceeds benefiting Mott's Children Hospital. Carr also hosts the Hall-of-Fame Football Camp in his hometown of Riverview, MI.
Coaching record
See also
★
Carr's record against each opponent
★
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)
★
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
Lloyd Carr's players in the National Football League Draft
References
External links
★
Michigan football profile
★
Man of the (Big) House, by Kevin Newell, Scholastic.com, August 2007. Interview with Carr covering his personal history and coaching philosophy.
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