Lloyd H. Carr (1945- ) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. Entering the 2005 season, he has 95 wins and 29 losses, for a winning percentage of .763. In Big Ten Conference play, he has 63 wins against 17 losses for a winning percentage of .788. He has won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004) and his 1997 team was declared the Associated Press national champion. Carr is a protégé of coaching great Bo Schembechler, having served under Schembechler as an assistant from 1980-89. He then served as an assistant under Gary Moeller from 1990-94 before gaining the head coaching position.

Carr played college football at Missouri and Northern Michigan; he quarterbacked the latter to an undefeated season. He graduated from NMU in 1968 with his B.S. in education, and went on to earn his master's degree in education administration at NMU in 1970.

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 (1976-77), followed by two seasons at Illinois (1978-79) before arriving at Michigan as an assistant in 1980. He has remained in Ann Arbor ever since.

Carr has been inducted into both the Catholic (High School) League and Northern Michigan University Halls of Fame.

Coaching Record

^denotes shared championship

Player Accomplishments

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

• Heisman Trophy (Given to the nation's outstanding player) - Charles Woodson, 1997
• Walter Camp Award (Nation's top player) - Woodson, 1997
• Chuck Bednarik Award (Outstanding defensive player) - Woodson, 1997
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Outstanding defensive player) - Woodson, 1997
• Jim Thorpe Award (Outstanding defensive back) - Woodson, 1997
• Doak Walker Award (Outstanding running back) - Chris Perry, 2003
• Dave Rimington Trophy (Outstanding center) - David Baas , 2004
• Fred Biletnikoff Award (Outstanding wide receiver) - Braylon Edwards, 2004

External Link

Profile from official Michigan football site