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Lloyd Carr

Image:Lloyd Carr.jpg
Date of birth	July 30, 1945
Place of birth	Hawkins County, Tennessee
Sport	Football
College	University of Michigan
Title	Head coach
Record with Team	113-36
Overall Record	113-36
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 2004 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Championships   won	1997 National Championship; 5 Big Ten titles
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
School as a player
1964-1967 1967-1968	University of Missouri–Columbia Northern Michigan University
Position	Quarterback
Coaching positions
1968-1969 1970-1973 1974-1975 1976-1977 1978-1979 1980-Present	Nativity High School Belleville High School John Glenn High School Eastern Michigan University University of Illinois University of Michigan

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 regular season, Carr has a record of 113-35. 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.

Contents 1 Youth and education 2 Early coaching career 3 Head coach at Michigan 4 Legacy 5 Off the field activities 6 Coaching record 7 Player accomplishments 7.1 National awards 7.2 Conference honors 8 References 9 External links

Born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, Carr moved with his family to Riverview, Michigan when he was ten years old. A talented athlete, Carr played college football at University of Missouri - Columbia and earned his M.A. in education administration at NMU in 1970. He also was a star quarterback at NMU and led the wildcats to an undefeated season after transferring there from Missouri.

Carr's coaching career began as an assistant at Nativity High School in Detroit (1968-69) and at Belleville High School from 1970 to 1973. 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 at Eastern Michigan University (1976-77), followed by two seasons 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.

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).

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.

Carr is among the winningest active football coaches in NCAA Division I-A. His teams have gone undefeated at [[Michigan Stadium and he has won five Big Ten titles and one national championship - in 1997, the school's first since 1948. 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, however, lost his last four bowl games, and has a career bowl record of 5-7. Furthermore he has gone 1-4 in the past five years in bowl games and against the rival Ohio State, although his overall record versus the Buckeyes stands at 6-6.

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. However, Carr has lost five of his last six games against Ohio State, which, together with the current bowl losing streak, has earned him some criticism from fans. On the plus side, Carr is currently one of the top 5 active coaches among all Division 1A coaches in winning percentage.

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 also 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 benefitting Mott's Children Hospital.

Year	Overall	Big Ten	Big Ten Rank	Bowl Game
1995	9-4	5-3	3rd	Alamo Bowl
1996	8-4	5-3	4th	Outback Bowl
1997	12-0	8-0	1st	Rose Bowl
1998	10-3	7-1	1st^	Citrus Bowl
1999	10-2	6-2	2nd	Orange Bowl
2000	9-3	6-2	1st^	Citrus Bowl
2001	8-4	6-2	2nd	Citrus Bowl
2002	10-3	6-2	3rd	Outback Bowl
2003	10-3	7-1	1st	Rose Bowl
2004	9-3	7-1	1st^	Rose Bowl
2005	7-5	5-3	3rd	Alamo Bowl
2006	11-2	7-1	2nd	Rose Bowl
Total	113-36 (.758)	75-21 (.781)	5 championships	12 bowls

^denotes shared championship

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

• 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)

• Official Michigan football profile

Preceded by Gary Moeller	University of Michigan Head Football Coach 1995–present	Succeeded by current coach
Preceded by Bruce Snyder	Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1997	Succeeded by Bill Snyder
Preceded by Bruce Snyder	Walter Camp Coach of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Bill Snyder