Pete Carroll. INDIANAPOLIS In their first five years with the Seattle Seahawks, general manager John Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll could do very little wrong. The brave: Shortly after the 1941 season the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and Barry enlisted in the Navy, ending his short tenure as USC football coach. He is one of the few coaches to win both the Super Bowl and a college football national championship. Within a year of his hiring, many prominent critics reversed course. The Tigers went 6-2, only this time he got the job. He used to coach for the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California football team.. The feud between Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson and Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll continued on Wednesday, when the nine-time Pro Bowler addressed Carroll's recent. [59][60] In 2007, his effect on the college football landscape was named one of the biggest developments over the past decade in ESPN the Magazine. The . The good: Another assistant under Howard Jones, Cravath was an adept recruiter and innovative coach who introduced the T-formation to USC. In his time at USC, the Trojans went to two BCS Bowl games, winning the National Championship in 2004 and winning the . ", "Timing Isn't Entirely on Carroll's Side", "Carroll's hiring is another mistake for troubled USC", "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Pete Carroll Finally Finds A Perfect Fit at U.S.C. He was previously the head football coach at USC from 2000 to 2009, where he won six bowl games and back to back National Championships in 2003 and 2004.[2]. USC COACHES: 10-11 Now, whether it is or not, I don't know. Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is the head coach and of the Seattle Seahawks, a National Football League team. TIMES STAFF WRITER . [136] On October 14, 2018, Carroll reached win number 91 over the Oakland Raiders, becoming the Seahawks' all-time wins leader (including postseason), passing Mike Holmgren with a record of 91561 at that point. [12] The Razorbacks won the 1978 Orange Bowl that season. [93] Seattle lost the following week in the Divisional Round to the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome by a score of 3028.[94]. In two seasons as Oklahomas coach, Lincoln Riley has had two quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy. Patience and a well-timed recruiting pitch helped USC lure Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma, sending shockwaves through the college football world. ", "You Don't Have to Be a USC Alum to Hate This Hire", "Now Garrett's Back Is Against the Wallet", "It Didn't Take Long for the Fight to Get Knocked Out of Bruins", "Miller: USC dominates Pac-10 in BCS era", "American Visionaries: Pete Carroll knows how to thrill a crowd", "Pac-10 coaching rankings: Carroll on top", "SI.com - NCAA Football - Carroll, USC starting trend to lock up recruits earlier - Friday June 15, 2007 4:35PM", "2006: No. [157] Despite the disappointing season, it was reported on January 16, 2022, that Carroll and general manager John Schneider would retain their jobs for the 2022 season. The good: Rockne recommended Jones for the USC job after turning it down himself, and Jones was exceptional, leading the Trojans to national championships in 1928, 1931, 1932 and 1939 and five Rose Bowl wins. [81] According to the Los Angeles Times, Carroll was "close to reaching an agreement with the Seattle Seahawks on Friday evening. February 28, 2023 8:33 am ET. He reported that the former head football coach asked sports marketer A to consider hiring football student-athletes as interns in his agency. [13], The following season, Carroll moved to Iowa State University, where he was again an assistant working on the secondary under Earle Bruce. The news was broken earlier this week, causing many online to post their reactions. That would change the course of his career. My wife is emotional as hell but she cant play football worth a damn.. It's one of the biggest reasons I've been coaching all these years. Absolutely it was a motivator for me later in life. He agreed to a contract extension in December 2005. He was also the head coach at USC, where he won some bowl games. February 28, 2023 5:58 pm ET. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [109] However, losses to the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, and Kansas City Chiefs caused the defending champions to start the season with a 64 record,[110] three games behind the division leading Arizona Cardinals. Pete Carroll, (USC) was his third head coaching job. I talked about the tradition and underneath I was putting in a better passing game., Marcus Allen on Robinson: He is the epitome of what a head coach should be. The good: Smith, the first coach without Trojan ties since Howard Jones, guided USC to Pac-10 championships and Rose Bowl berths in each of his first three seasons, an unprecedented achievement. Peter Clay Carroll. Ken Norton Jr. is another Pete Carroll disciple who could beef up USC's all-star coaching staff. USC coach Larry Smith holds the Rose Bowl trophy over his head after a win over Michigan on Jan. 1, 1990. [45] His total compensation, including pay and benefits, for the 2007 fiscal year was $4,415,714. [107], The following season, the Seahawks started off their quest to repeat as champions with a 3616 defeat of the Green Bay Packers on Thursday Night Football in the first game of the NFL season. The streak ended on October 6, 2007, with a 2423 loss to the Stanford Cardinal who was a 41-point underdog. SEAHAWKS, SEAHAWKS LOGO, SPIRIT OF 12, WE ARE 12, BRING ON THE 12, LEGION OF BOOM, 12 and 12S are trademarks of the Seattle Seahawks. The choice of Carroll for USC's head coaching position was openly criticized by the media and many USC fans, primarily because of USC's stagnation under the outgoing Hackett and Carroll's record as a head coach in the NFL and being nearly two decades removed from the college level. LSU went 15-0 and won the national championship. [56][57] Program highlights under Carroll include: In July 2007, ESPN.com named USC its #1 team of the decade for the period between 1996 and 2006, primarily citing the Trojans' renaissance and dominance under Carroll. The official Football Coach List for the University of Southern California Trojans . [7] Carroll spent the 1977 season as a graduate assistant working with the secondary under Cope. [14], When Monte Kiffin was named head coach of North Carolina State University in 1980, he brought Carroll in as his defensive coordinator and secondary coach. [90][91] When the NFL referee lockout ended several days later, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged that public furor over the call accelerated the eventual resolution of the labor dispute. One of my favorite shows, Helton said. Nate Carroll, Senior Offensive Assistant Speaking with the Los Angeles Times in a Q&A session, Carroll praised USC as a great place to play and coach but said it was always going to be tough to follow his staff's success at the school. Every Monday morning Robinson handed Orgeron about 10 observations. USC struggled in Barrys only season, a year in which he also coached the Trojans basketball and baseball teams. If we win our games and we're out there and they want us to go somewhere else, then we'll go. The tumble: Hacketts teams got progressively worse, and he was fired after three seasons. [160] The Seahawks defeated the Broncos 1716. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. [125] In Week 10, the Seahawks travelled to New England to play the Patriots for the first time since the Super Bowl XLIX loss, and came away with a 3124 victory to push the Seahawks to 621. fired Robinson after the 82 season without speaking to him, Robinson became a consultant to Louisiana State, Where does the USC job rank nationally? Roberts, who rushed for 251 yards despite playing only 12 minutes on offense. He is also a Hall of Fame baseball coach, leading USC to nearly 400 wins from 1930-1950 despite serving in the Navy during World War II. [152] Carroll and the Seahawks went 12 in Wilson's absence before hitting the bye week. Andy Dickerson, Offensive Line [89] The 2012 season was Carroll's first winning season for the team. Sanjay Lal, Offensive Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Fourteen wins were vacated from the 2004 and 2005 seasons, the Trojans were banned from the postseason for two years and surrendered 30 scholarships over three years. [155], Carroll's Seahawks rallied to finish the season by winning four of their final six games, with one loss coming by just one point. [130] The victory extended Seattle's playoff home game win streak to 10 consecutive wins, 6 of which have come under Carroll. Wilson's pass was intercepted by Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler on the goal line, and the Patriots ran out the clock. But how should we. That's 14 years spent together coaching football. [101] The number one team (and playoff seed) in the NFC, Carroll matched Mike Holmgren's 2005 season of the same record, tying for the best in Seattle history. After days of talks, the Seattle Seahawks hired the charismatic coach Monday, luring him away from the University of. 1 shipped to Tampa Bay, where it was installed in his new restaurant hangout. Dubbed the Thundering Herd, the Trojans outscored UCLA by a combined score of 128-0 in their first two meetings under the stone-faced Jones. [17][18][19], Carroll was hired for the next season by the San Francisco 49ers, where he served as defensive coordinator for the following two seasons (199596). In 1983, Bob Cope became head coach of Pacific and brought Carroll on as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. [7] Carroll was inducted into the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. Getty Image. [154] Wilson and the Seahawks were blanked in the 017 loss for the first time since he became their starting quarterback, completing just 20 of 40 passes for 161 yards and two interceptions. [26][28], Carroll actively pursued the position, as his daughter, Jaime, was then a player on the school's successful volleyball team. With 25 seconds to go on second down and goal at the Patriots' 1-yard line, and the Seahawks trailing by four points, Carroll called for a pass play. Southern California football coach Pete Carroll, center . The quote: Williams was raised in Crenshaw,three miles west of the Coliseum. He goes from saint to scallywag. [45], Controversy arose when USC was excluded from the National Championship Game for the 2003 season, even though ranked #1 in both the Associated Press (AP) Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. [72], Reacting to the USC sanctions in a video produced by his new employers, Carroll said on June 10, 2010, "I'm absolutely shocked and disappointed in the findings of the NCAA. [99] The penultimate game, against the Arizona Cardinals, was Seattle's attempt to continue their at-home winning streak to 15 games (record started in Week 2 of the 2012 season). [123], On July 25, 2016, Carroll signed a three-year contract extension with the Seahawks that would keep him in Seattle through the 2019 season. Later there were positions at Ohio State and North Carolina State. In April 2003, Carroll helped organize a meeting with political leaders, high-ranking law enforcement officials and representatives from social service, education and faith-based communities at USC's Heritage Hall for a brainstorming session. Kiffin is in his second year as head coach at Mississippi and boasts a Heisman candidate at quarterback in Matt Corral. The good: USC had played football games sporadically since 1888, but Henderson was the first full-time coach and the Trojans emerged as a power almost from his start. Rick Neuheisel, Jim Mora, Dave Wannstedt and Mike Stoops discuss questions facing USC leaders as the Trojans compete with LSU for a new coach. And it began with following a legend. Under Waldron, Seattle's offense got off to a hot start, with quarterback Russell Wilson completing 18 of 23 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns as the Seahawks won 2816 to the Indianapolis Colts, finishing with a passer rating of 152.3. February 25, 2022 10:50 am PT. [25][27][28], USC first pursued then-Oregon State coach Dennis Erickson, who instead signed a contract extension with the Beavers; then Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, who similarly signed an extension. I tell the players all the time, I wish I was doing what they were doing. I have no idea, but I can't imagine doing anything else. Pete Carroll's old offensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin, was fired on the tarmac in 2013 and replaced by Steve Sarkisian. On June 9, 2010, The Los Angeles Times reported that Carroll, along with other active and former USC officials, had appeared in front of a ten-member NCAA Committee on Infractions the previous February. Carroll himself got his first two assistant jobs (at Pacific and Arkansas) through a U of P mentor. I'm on now my third head coaching job, so I think I have a much better idea of what I want it to look like. And so did Helton, going 5-7 in 2018 and fending off calls for him to be fired. The Trojans went 6-0 in 1920 and posted their first Rose Bowl victory on New Years Day 1923, defeating Penn State. [156] During the season, the Seahawks' first such losing season since 2011, Carroll candidly admitted to the media that he "probably wouldn't have been here a long time" without his longtime starting quarterback. There was such a bitterness. Wilson last year completed 64.8% of his passes for the Hawks, and . until his retirement in 1978. The Cardinals won, and Seattle suffered its third loss of the year. [98] That was the only loss Carroll, and team, would suffer until December. All rights reserved. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll will be addressing the media in a few minutes at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Likewise, he also used to coach at USC (University of South Carolina). The quotes: Former Thundering Herd player Nick Pappas on Jones: Off the field, his personality was practically nothing. When Caddas found out Carroll was interested in coaching, he offered him a job as a graduate assistant on his staff at Pacific. I owe so much to the school and the people who follow it. Among the feats of Clay, he became the first USC coach to post 10-win seasons in each of his first two full seasons, going 10-3 in 2016 and 11-3 in 2017. McKay challenged the curator to bring him the moon rocks. [146][147], Carroll and the Seahawks named Rams passing game coordinator Shane Waldron to the offensive coordinator position. And he did so at Los Angeles International Airport at 3 a.m. immediately after the team returned from Tempe. In recent days he earned a second interview for the Eagles' defensive coordinator job and emerged as a . You didnt have to turn around and look, you knew he was there., Jones: Football to me is power-massed power, functioning smoothly, driving forward relentlessly.. [131] In his season-ending press conference, Carroll revealed that cornerback Richard Sherman had been playing with a "significant" MCL injury, which attracted attention because Sherman had not been listed on the injury report throughout the season. The good: An unlikely star quarterback at Brigham Young, Sarkisian was first hired at USC as an offensive assistant in 2001 and after a stint as quarterbacks coach with the Oakland Raiders returned to USC under Carroll. Patriots owner Robert Kraft said firing Carroll was one of the toughest decisions he has had to make since buying the team, stating, "A lot of things were going on that made it difficult for him to stay, some of which were out of his control. Pete Carroll and John Schneider each took the high road, but neither denied the validity of the report. USC coach Clay Helton watches the Trojans warm up before a game against Stanford on Sept. 11 at the Coliseum. The bad: Clark became coach after USC, along with UCLA, California and Washington, was sanctioned by the Pacific Coast Conference for paying athletes more than the leagues allowable limit. [102] The Seahawks defeated the Saints in the Divisional Round of the playoffs by a score of 23-15. His youngest son, Nate, would soon be graduating with a degree in psychology. . Henson was a sports writer and editor at The Times from 1985-2007. He decided his philosophy was best summarized as "I'm a competitor". The first Trojans national title team, in 1962, was 11-0 and led by the first players he recruited. Jalen Hurts could be next for the Sooners. [83] Although Seattle faltered through the latter half of the season, the team beat their NFC West division rival Rams in the final week of the regular season for the division championship, becoming the first 79 team in NFL history to win a division title. He led the Trojans to a Rose Bowl win against Penn State after the 2016 season and a No. His return to success as the defensive coordinator led to his hiring as the head coach of the New England Patriots in 1997, replacing coach Bill Parcells, who had resigned after disputes with the team's ownership. [134], In the 2018 season, Carroll helped lead the Seahawks to a 106 record and a second-place finish in the NFC West. . I loved his family. Pete Carroll Executive VP of Football Operations/Head Coach College: University of Pacific Experience: 27 years Biography Named head coach on January 11, 2010, Pete Carroll became the. 1. Prior to this the last loss was on September 29, 2001, (during Carroll's first year) to Stanford Cardinal 21-16. . [145] They ended the season with a 124 record and won their first division title since 2016, but lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card Round. Carroll says he didn't know about the Bush violations. The Santa Ana High product played center at USC and was the first Trojans alum to serve as coach. However, Carroll rejuvenated his team enough to win their next five games, putting the Seahawks at 95 and clinching a playoff berth. We know we've fought hard to do right. Years later, (2008) he was asked if winning the Rose Bowl was ever not enough. Kelii Kekuewa, Assistant OL In nine seasons Cravath led USC to the Rose Bowl four times, shutting out Washington in 1944 and Tennessee in 1945. Under his tenure, days had descriptive nicknames like Tell the Truth Monday, Competition Tuesday, Turnover Wednesday. [202] Jaime Carroll started attending USC in the fall of 2000, several months before her father was hired as football coach; she was a player on the Women of Troy's women's volleyball team. Seahawks' Pete Carroll confirms that Sean Desai will be Eagles new DC Glenn Erby February 28, 2023 1:52 pm ET The NFL Scouting Combine is all about networking and getting deals done, but. One day the curator of the nearby Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County dropped in and mentioned to McKay that the museum had an exhibit of moon rocks quarantined because of a concern about introducing the unknown objects from outer space. He was in his second stint at USC when Kiffin was fired. Pete Carroll is a football coach who is currently the head coach as well as vice president of the Seattle Seahawks, a team in the National Football League. [100] Their regular-season finale, against the St. Louis Rams, established a new at-home streak of one, and Carroll concluded the regular season at 133. Arkansas' Defensive Coordinator at the time, Monte Kiffin, would be a mentor to Carroll. Born: September 15, 1951. Heading to San Francisco for their second match-up against their divisional foe, the Seahawks were consensus best in NFC, posting an 111 record. Carroll is known for his high-energy and often pleasant demeanor when coaching. Carroll was generally regarded as one of the top college football coaches in the country,[40][54][55] and has been compared to College Football Hall of Fame coach Knute Rockne. LSU followed 9-4 and 10-3 seasons with a national championship and 15-0 record in 2019 before getting fired midway through the 2021 season. [41] He had consistently been on the forefront of recruiting due to his ability to connect with potential players on their level, including becoming the first college coach with a Facebook page, as well as an early adopter of Twitter. [30][180][181] In explaining his enthusiasm, Carroll has stated, "I always think something good's just about to happen. In a league where head coaches are often recognized as stern,. [175] As a fan of the Grateful Dead, Carroll then tied Wooden's thoughts into those by Jerry Garcia, and decided that he wanted his football program to not be the best, but the only program following his competitive philosophy.[175]. I've been so lucky and fortunate. After three seasons at his alma mater, Carroll started moving around and gaining more . The Jets lost all of their remaining games to finish 610. The tragedy: Tollner was the quarterback at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1960 when the team plane crashed on the way back from a game in Ohio. The league will now hold their annual college football media day event in Las Vegas instead. Bush was found to have accepted several improper gifts, including the use of a San Diego area home for members of his family. "[75], Wrote Los Angeles Times sportswriter Jerry Crowe, "It's somehow apt that the Trojans were asked to return the Grantland Rice Trophy after being stripped of the 2004 Football Writers Assn. "[82] On the morning of January 9, 2010, Carroll reportedly came to agreement with the Seahawks on a five-year contract that would appoint him as head coach. [80] He was officially hired as the Seahawks' head coach on January 11. San Francisco, CA USA. A year later, Carroll brought. [29][30] Garrett cited Carroll's intelligence, energy and reputation as a defensive specialist as reasons for his hire.[24]. Carroll is recognized as one of the best recruiters in recent college football history. The success of USC football under Carroll led to a sharp rise in overall athletic department revenue, growing from $38.6 million in Carroll's first season at USC to more than $76 million in 200708. [34] Former NFL players (including USC alumni) such as Ronnie Lott, Gary Plummer, Tim McDonald and Willie McGinest offered their support for Carroll, who they noted had a player-friendly, easygoing style that might suit the college game and particularly recruiting. Losses at home to UCLA, Oregon State and Utah bolstered that perception, and Lincoln Riley, 38, was hired away from Oklahoma as the next Trojans head coach. [2] Beginning his head coaching career on the professional level, Carroll saw minimal success with the New York Jets in 1994 and some success with the New England Patriots from 1997 to 1999. Table of Biography [ show] Early Life and Education Pete Carroll was born on the 15th of September, 1951, in San Francisco, California.
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