Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr went 122–40 as a head coach, 1995–2007, at Michigan. His 1997 Michigan team claims the national title. Share
- Record
- 122–40 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 1
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1997
- Hall of Fame
- 2011 inducted
- Best season
- 1997 12–0, No. 1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Michigan | 9–4 | T–3rd | Alamo Bowl L | 17 | |
| 1996 | Michigan | 8–4 | T–5th | Outback Bowl L | 20 | |
| 1997 | Michigan | 12–0 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 1 | |
| 1998 | Michigan | 10–3 | T–1st | Citrus Bowl W | 12 | |
| 1999 | Michigan | 10–2 | T–2nd | Orange Bowl W | 5 | |
| 2000 | Michigan | 9–3 | T–1st | Citrus Bowl W | 11 | |
| 2001 | Michigan | 8–4 | 2nd | Citrus Bowl L | 20 | |
| 2002 | Michigan | 10–3 | 3rd | Outback Bowl W | 9 | |
| 2003 | Michigan | 10–3 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 6 | |
| 2004 | Michigan | 9–3 | T–1st | Rose Bowl L | 14 | |
| 2005 | Michigan | 7–5 | T–3rd | Alamo Bowl L | ||
| 2006 | Michigan | 11–2 | T–2nd | Rose Bowl L | 8 | |
| 2007 | Michigan | 9–4 | T–2nd | Capital One Bowl W | 18 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
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Jake LongNo. 1 pick, 2008- Marlin JacksonConsensus All‑American, 2004
- Leon HallConsensus All‑American, 2006
- Steve HutchinsonConsensus All‑American, 2000
- Ernest ShazorConsensus All‑American, 2004
- Jarrett IronsConsensus All‑American, 1996
- David TerrellNo. 8 pick, 2001
- Tim BiakabutukaNo. 8 pick, 1996
- Jeff BackusNo. 18 pick, 2001
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 68 | 42–26 | 62% |
| Against top-10 teams | 27 | 18–9 | 67% |
| Against rivals | 77 | 56–21 | 73% |
| Conference games | 104 | 81–23 | 78% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 73 | 46–27 | 63% |
| At home | 85 | 73–12 | 86% |
| On the road | 63 | 42–21 | 67% |
| At neutral sites | 14 | 7–7 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 133 | 107–26 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 15–14 | 52% |
His own 162 games on file, 1995–2007, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Paterno 1995–2007 | 9–2 | Penn State | 11 | |
| Glen Mason 1997–2006 | 7–1 | Minnesota | 8 | |
| Barry Alvarez 1997–2005 | 6–1 | Wisconsin | 7 | |
| Joe Tiller 1999–2007 | 6–1 | Purdue | 7 | |
| Jim Tressel 2001–2007 | 1–6 | Ohio State | 7 | |
| John Cooper 1995–2000 | 5–1 | Ohio State | 6 | |
| Randy Walker 1995–2005 | 5–1 | Miami (OH), Northwestern | 6 | |
| Ron Turner 1999–2004 | 5–1 | Illinois | 6 | |
| Kirk Ferentz 2001–2006 | 4–2 | Iowa | 6 | |
| Nick Saban 1995–1999 | 3–2 | Michigan State | 5 |
Lloyd Carr’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan Stateseries | 13 | 10–3 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 13 | 6–7 |
| Minnesotaseries | 11 | 10–1 |
| Penn Stateseries | 11 | 9–2 |
| Northwesternseries | 11 | 8–3 |
| Indianaseries | 10 | 10–0 |
| Illinoisseries | 9 | 8–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 9 | 7–2 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2007 Michigan: Bobby Dodd Award
- 1997 Michigan: Bear Bryant Award and Walter Camp Coach
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Michigan’s 1997 staff (head coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–69 | Nativity HS (MI) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1970–73 | Belleville HS (MI) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1974–75 | John Glenn HS (MI) high school | Head coach | |
| 1976–77 | Eastern Michigan | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–79 | Illinois | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1980 | West Virginia | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1980–86 | Michigan | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1987–90 | Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1990–94 | Michigan | Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach | |
| 1995–2007 | Michigan | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ed ChlebekEastern Michigan
- Gary MoellerIllinois, Michigan
- Don NehlenWest Virginia
- Bo SchembechlerMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brady HokeBall State, San Diego State, Michigan, Tennessee
- Kit CartwrightButler
- Mike DeBordCentral Michigan
- Scot LoefflerBowling Green
- Stan ParrishKansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Wabash, Marshall
- Kevin RamseyClark Atlanta
- Ron EnglishEastern Michigan
- Steve SzaboEdinboro
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Chlebek | Eastern Michigan | 1976–77 | Assistant coach | |
| Gary Moeller | Illinois | 1978–79 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Don Nehlen | West Virginia | 1980 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 1980–89 | 1980–86: defensive backs coach; 1987–89: defensive coordinator | |
| Gary Moeller | Michigan | 1990–94 | 1990: defensive coordinator; 1990–94: defensive coordinator and assistant head coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Hoke | Michigan, 1995–96: defensive ends coach; 1997–2001: defensive line coach; 2002: assistant head coach and defensive line coach | Ball State, San Diego State, Michigan, Tennessee | |
| Kit Cartwright | Michigan, 1995: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Butler | |
| Mike DeBord | Michigan, 1995–96: offensive line coach; 1997–99: offensive coordinator; 2004–05: special teams coach and recruiting coordinator; 2006–07: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | Central Michigan | |
| Scot Loeffler | Michigan, 1996–97: student assistant; 1998–99: graduate assistant; 2002–07: quarterbacks coach | Bowling Green | |
| Stan Parrish | Michigan, 1996–99: quarterbacks coach; 2000–01: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Wabash, Marshall | |
| Kevin Ramsey | Michigan, 2000: defensive backs coach | Clark Atlanta | |
| Ron English | Michigan, 2003–05: defensive backs coach; 2006–07: defensive coordinator | Eastern Michigan | |
| Steve Szabo | Michigan, 2006–07: linebackers coach | Edinboro |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Jackson | Michigan, 1995–96: offensive coordinator and running backs coach; 1997–2002: assistant head coach and running backs coach; 2003–07: associate head coach and running backs coach | |
| Greg Mattison | Michigan, 1995–96: defensive coordinator | |
| Jim Herrmann | Michigan, 1995–96: assistant coach; 1997–2005: defensive coordinator | |
| Vance Bedford | Michigan, 1995–98, 2007: defensive backs coach | |
| Terry Malone | Michigan, 1997–2000: offensive line coach; 2001–05: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Teryl Austin | Michigan, 1999–2002: defensive assistant | |
| Mike Bajakian | Michigan, 2000–01: graduate assistant | |
| Bill Sheridan | Michigan, 2002–04: linebackers and defensive line coach | |
| Steve Morrison | Michigan, 2002–04: assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $64,648 | $1,482,884 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $84,373 | $1,454,619 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Carr’s teams went for it on 15% of fourth downs and on 28% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 46% of plays and took 24.9 seconds a play, 2004–2007.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 12 of 91 13% | 21% | 48% | 22.0 | −0.04 | |
| 2005 12 g | 23 of 103 22% | 42% | 48% | 24.1 | −0.07 | |
| 2006 13 g | 11 of 95 12% | 23% | 41% | 29.0 | −0.01 | |
| 2007 13 g | 13 of 103 13% | 26% | 47% | 23.8 | −0.05 | |
| All 49 g | 59 of 392 15% | 28% | 46% | 24.9 | −0.04 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.