He received a significant raise after the 2002 season and earned close to $3 million in the 2004 season, which ended with USC winning the BCS title in January 2005. September 13, 2021 6:44 pm ET. He decided his philosophy was best summarized as "I'm a competitor". [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. [9][10], Carroll's energetic and positive personality made a good impression on his head coach, Chester Caddas. INDIANAPOLIS Asked about last week's story from The Athletic reporting that quarterback Russell Wilson had gone to owner Jody Allen after the 2021 season and requested that they be fired, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider on Tuesday both took the high road. He had insisted over the years that he was happy at USC and that money was not an issue; he also was said to enjoy the Southern California lifestyle. [122] The Seahawks would later fall to the Carolina Panthers in the Divisional Round 3124, after being down 310 at the half, and as a result, the Seahawks would not reach a third consecutive Super Bowl appearance. [112] On February 1, 2015, Carroll's Seahawks lost Super Bowl XLIX to Carroll's former team, the New England Patriots, 2824. The Trojans. [160] The Seahawks defeated the Broncos 1716. And so did Helton, going 5-7 in 2018 and fending off calls for him to be fired. https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2022/02/15/seahawks-officially-announce-pete-carrolls-2022-coaching-staff/, Seahawks trade Russell Wilson in 1st round of new PFF mock draft, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The administrator: Hill served as USC athletic director from 1957-1972, leaving to become the first commissioner of the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. [8] At Pacific, Carroll played free safety for two years for the Tigers, earning All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference honors both years (197172) and earning his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1973. [137], On September 15, 2019, which was his 68th birthday, Carroll won his 100th game as the Seahawks head coach, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 2826. Wilson's pass was intercepted by Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler on the goal line, and the Patriots ran out the clock. The apology: Three years later, Plaschke owned up in a column with the headline: Sorry Pete, We Were Wrong. Today, hes the best coach in the country, the perfect man for a perfectly impossible job, and how could anybody say anything else? The bad: In Tollners debut season, USC posted its first losing record since 1961. [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. [102] The Seahawks defeated the Saints in the Divisional Round of the playoffs by a score of 23-15. The postscript: McKay left USC for Tampa Bay in 1975, the same year owner Julie Kohl closed Julies. [159] Carroll later named Geno Smith the starter for the regular season opener, which would be against Wilson and the Broncos. LOS ANGELES - Pete Carroll, who led the New England Patriots to the NFL playoffs twice in 3 years, has been named USC's head football coach, Trojan athletic director Mike Garrett announced today. Kohl had Booth No. When you think about the PAC 12, you have to think of LA. Andy Dickerson, Offensive Line (AP Photo), Sam Barry, named head football coach at USC, succeeds his long-time mentor, the late Howard Jones. 1 shipped to Tampa Bay, where it was installed in his new restaurant hangout. "[17] His combined NFL record as a head coach was 3331, and he was later considered a much better fit for college football than the NFL after his success at USC. In 2001, he had a 58-yard pick-six against Arizona that helped turn around the Trojans' season . McKay regretted leaving USC but eventually led the Bucs to the playoffs three times. Heres a recap of what former college football coaches Rick Neuheisel, Jim Mora, Dave Wannstedt and Mike Stoops think about USCs coaching job. USC coach John Robinson, center, looks on as the Trojans score a touchdown against UNLV on Oct. 4, 1997. Henson was a sports writer and editor at The Times from 1985-2007. We can only control getting to the Rose Bowl. 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. Carroll acknowledged that he might not have lasted long in Seattle without Wilson, and that the Seahawks' current three-game losing streak is due in large part to Wilson's injury. [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. [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. Named head coach on January 11, 2010, Pete Carroll became the eighth head coach in Seahawks history after one of the most successful runs in USC history in the college ranks. 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. It was the spring. The bad: The Trojans lost to Alabama in 1946 and to Michigan two years later, USCs first Rose Bowl losses after eight victories. 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. [146][147], Carroll and the Seahawks named Rams passing game coordinator Shane Waldron to the offensive coordinator position. Clockwise, from top left: Former USC coaches John McKay; Pete Carroll; John Robinson; Howard Jones; and Lane Kiffin. 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. And it began with following a legend. [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. Pete Carroll (football coach) Jack Del Rio (football/baseball), John Hamilton (contributor) Isabelle Harvey (soccer) Joe Jares (media) Jimmy Jones (football) Dave Levy (football coach) Harold Miner (basketball) Aniko Pelle (water polo) Mark Prior (baseball) Kristine Quance-Julian (swimming) Don Quarrie (track and field) Jennifer Rosales (golf) It was reported that USC might appeal the sanctions. [38], Carroll was considered one of the most effective recruiters in college football, having brought in multiple top-ranked recruiting classes;[39][40] he was also known for getting commitments from nationally prominent players early in high school. The yarn: The colorful McKay held court several times a week in booth No. Someone asked me the other day, 'Does that mean you're never going to leave?' On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The head coach addressed what went down before the Broncos trade. It's one of the biggest reasons I've been coaching all these years. Orgeron had been a popular assistant under Hackett and Carroll going back to 1998. 62. You could sense the electricity when he walked onto the field. Under Garrett, USC had tried to recruit Carroll to be their head coach in 1997, while he was coaching the Patriots, but Carroll was unable to take the position. [120] Russell Wilson became the first quarterback to throw 19 or more touchdown passes without any interceptions over five or more wins. "[30] He assigned all jersey numbers to his players, an assignment he takes seriously. Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is looking to join exclusive company in the NFL by winning back-to-back Super Bowls. [29][35] In 2008, ESPN.com named Carroll's hiring number 1 in a list of the Pac-10's top ten moments of the BCS era. A year later, the NCAA stripped USC of a national championship. During his tenure, USC broke its average home attendance record four times in a row (they play at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum); the USC home attendance average in 2001, his first season, was 57,744; by 2006, it was over 91,000. Peter Clay Carroll. He was on the hot seat in 2014, but not until USC was humiliated by Arizona State 62-41 the Trojans seventh loss in their last 11 games Sept. 28, 2015, did athletic director Pat Haden wield the axe. My wife is emotional as hell but she cant play football worth a damn.. [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. The bad: Henderson was 0-5 against California, nicknamed the Wonder Team for its five consecutive unbeaten seasons from 1920-1924. Steve Henson returns to the Los Angeles Times as assistant sports editor after six years as an editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and six years at USA Today. [141][142] Carroll coached the NFC team in the 2020 Pro Bowl. [178], Carroll draws coaching inspiration from the 1974 book The Inner Game of Tennis by tennis coach W. Timothy Gallwey, which he picked up as graduate student at the University of the Pacific; he summarizes the philosophy he took from the book as "all about clearing the clutter in the interactions between your conscious and subconscious mind", enabled "through superior practice and a clear approach. The bad: USC lost to Fresno State in the 1992 Freedom Bowl, a humiliating defeat Smith compounded by saying, Names and logos dont mean anything. The good: Carroll reeled off seven consecutive seasons of at least 11 victories, was 7-2 in bowls and won national titles in 2003 and 2004. Two of his paternal great-grandparents were Irish immigrants, and his Croatian maternal grandparents emigrated from around the region of ibenik. I loved his family. The first Trojans national title team, in 1962, was 11-0 and led by the first players he recruited. As the #1 seed in the playoffs, the Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers in the Divisional Round, 3117, to get to their second straight NFC Championship. The good: McKay led USC to four national championships, equaling the total of Howard Jones. Damione Lewis, Assistant DL/DT [17][24][28] The USC Athletic Department received 2,500 e-mails, faxes and phone calls from alumnimostly criticaland a number of donors asking for Carroll's removal before they would donate again. Im not mad at Pete Carroll. However, Carroll was praised by much of the national media for how he handled the adversity following the game. USC coaching legend John McKays booth at Julies Restaurant. As a result of action taken by the BCS presidents' oversight committee on June 6, 2011, the Trojans' BCS Championship has been vacated. . The bad: Sarkisian was fired five games into the 2015 season after repeated incidents of him appearing intoxicated on the job that included a preseason booster event and odd behavior during a game. Carroll asked Ken to walk him to his car after the interview and on the way. [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). Seahawks coach Pete Carroll met with local media at the VMAC Monday for his end of season press conference. After three seasons at his alma mater, Carroll started moving around and gaining more . [203] Nathan Carroll graduated from USC. fired Robinson after the 82 season without speaking to him, Robinson became a consultant to Louisiana State, Where does the USC job rank nationally? [41] His son, Brennan Carroll, was USC's recruiting coordinator as well as the tight ends coach during the elder Carroll's tenure as head coach. USC coach Clay Helton watches the Trojans warm up before a game against Stanford on Sept. 11 at the Coliseum. (AP Photo). [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. After they lost to the Tulane Green Wave in the Cotton Bowl, the one with the biggest. Back row: Harry Smith, Roy Baker and Sam Barry. 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. The streak began on October 13, 2001, with a 48-17 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils and the final victory was a 47-14 win over the Washington State Cougars on September 22, 2007. Five takeaways from roundtable on USC coaching job. One of my favorite shows, Helton said. [158], In the offseason, Russell Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos. Pete Carroll, (USC) was his third head coaching job. Focus, clarity and belief in yourself are what allows [sic] you to express your ability without discursive thoughts and concerns. The rebound: Like Kiffin, Sarkisian rehabilitated his reputation at Alabama, succeeding Kiffin as offensive coordinator in 2016. A year later Hill was traded to the Washington Senators, and his replacement in the Yankees outfield was Joe DiMaggio. Winning our conference and going to the Rose Bowl is what our goal is every year. 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. [61] In May 2008, Carroll was named the coach who did the most to define the first 10 years of the BCS Era. He also played under Connie Mack with the Philadelphia Athletics. Im mad at USC for hiring him. [132], In his eighth season with the Seahawks, Carroll led the team to a 97 record. [143], Carroll was fined US$100,000 by the NFL for not properly wearing a face mask, as required for coaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, during a Week 2 game in the 2020 NFL season on September 21, 2020. [85] However, the following week at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, they then fell to the Chicago Bears, whom they had defeated earlier in the season, in the Divisional Round by a score of 3524.[86]. February 28, 2023 9:00 am PT. DeShawn Shead, Assistant DB [62], In July 2014, Carroll was announced as a member of the 2015 USC Athletic Hall of Fame class.[63]. I wish it didnt happen like that, Carroll said. In a league where head coaches are often recognized as stern,. Sean Desai, Associate Head Coach-Defense Stuck in contractual obligations to the Chargers (who were still in the midst of an NFL season) and hesitant about moving his family, Riley was unable to give a firm answer, opening an opportunity for Carroll, the school's fourth choice. He wanted them to be the only ones doing it. Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) February 28, 2023 LOS ANGELES -- The reaction was as subdued as the introduction. In his third season with the Seahawks in 2012, Carroll, along with rookie quarterback Russell Wilson, led the team to an 115 record, including going undefeated at home. Cravath was forced to resign after going 2-5-2 in 1950. [24][27][29][31][32][33] Garrett took particular criticism for the hire, with the press tying his future with Carroll's after he had to fire two head coaches in four years for USC's premiere athletic coaching position. He used to coach for the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California football team.. The streak ended on October 6, 2007, with a 2423 loss to the Stanford Cardinal who was a 41-point underdog. He took over as head coach at Texas before this season; Sarkisian quickly implemented a high-scoring offense but the Longhorns have had an uneven season. Seahawks officially announce Pete Carroll's 2022 coaching staff Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns Ravens Steelers AFC South Colts Jaguars Texans Titans. [84] Carroll made even more history as the Seahawks later upset the then-Super Bowl Champions New Orleans Saints by a score of 41-36 during the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, behind running back Marshawn Lynch and the famed Beast Quake run. The sad: Described by the Times Jim Murray as an austere, forbidding man, Jones died of a heart attack at age 55 in the summer of 1941, ending his 16-year reign at USC. [16] When there was an opening for the Vikings' head coach position in 1992, he was a serious candidate but lost the position, again to Green. But on the practice field, he was electrifying. 3. [36], The criticism of Carroll became louder when Carroll's first USC team opened the 2001 season going 25, with some sportswriters writing off the once-dominant Trojans, who were the only Pac-10 football team to never finish in the national top 10 during the previous decade, as a dying program. Carroll has worked under ten head coaches: Fifteen of Carroll's assistant coaches became NFL or NCAA head coaches: Six of Carroll's executives became general managers in the NFL: On offense, Carroll is known for using aggressive play-calling that is open to trick plays as well as "going for it" on 4th down instead of punting the ball away. There was such a bitterness. According to the Los Angeles Times, Carroll came to agreement with the Seahawks on a 5-year $33 million contract to become head coach.[53]. He goes from saint to scallywag. [89] The 2012 season was Carroll's first winning season for the team. [92] Carroll's record was enough to post the team's second playoff berth, and the Seahawks won their Wild Card Round game on the road against the Washington Redskins and fellow rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III, 2414. Years later, (2008) he was asked if winning the Rose Bowl was ever not enough. 2022 Football Coaching Staff. The tragedy: Cravath died in Calexico at age 50, one day after his pickup truck collided with a dump truck, becoming the third straight USC coach to pass prematurely. Will Tukuafu, Quality Control-Defense, Sign up for the Seahawks Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. The tragedy: Clark became yet another USC coach to die suddenly, collapsing while jogging in Huntington Beach in 1989. [200] Both Brennan and Nate have been part of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff. He reported that the former head football coach asked sports marketer A to consider hiring football student-athletes as interns in his agency. The stand: When an Austin hotel wouldnt allow the three USC Black players to check in ahead of a game at Texas in September 1956, Hill pulled the entire team from the hotel and found accommodations where everyone was welcome. 1 at Julies, a restaurant near campus. The Cardinals won, and Seattle suffered its third loss of the year. That's the way I look at it, like this is the last job I'm ever going to have. 183. . Although the Seahawks had won their three prior meetings, including one earlier in the year, the Cardinals had steadily improved during the season. [196][197], Carroll's wife Glena played volleyball at the University of the Pacific [198][199] Together the couple have three children: elder son Brennan, daughter Jaime, and younger son Nate. [104] It was later dubbed the Immaculate Deflection. Interestingly enough, the best head coaching hire each school's athletic department has made over the past two-plus decades -- Pete Carroll as the head coach of USC's football program in 2000 and . And we're gonna see how far that takes us. 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. Sark flamed out in 2015. RENTON, Wash. Pete Carroll called a meeting with eight of the most-trusted leaders on his Seattle Seahawks. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Phone Email; Lincoln Riley: C. & J. Elerding Head Football Coach (213) 740-4204 (213) 740-4204 : football@usc.edu: Alex Grinch: Defensive Coordinator / Safeties (213) 740 . In 1983, Bob Cope became head coach of Pacific and brought Carroll on as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. Arrows were spun to determine the outcome of plays. [44] Fourteen of those games were later vacated for breaking NCAA rules. Under Carroll, the Seahawks have qualified for the playoffs nine times, clinched their division five times, made two consecutive Super Bowl appearances, and won the franchise's first championship in Super Bowl XLVIII. He was in his second stint at USC when Kiffin was fired. I've been so lucky and fortunate. In Pete Carroll we find a more recent legend. He was a friend of all his players and a good coach.. Heading to San Francisco for their second match-up against their divisional foe, the Seahawks were consensus best in NFC, posting an 111 record. In the Wild Card Round, the Seahawks dominated the Detroit Lions in a 26-6 victory. . I think it rubbed people the wrong way. But Campbell is one of the sport's promising young coaches, and he . [108] A Super Bowl XLVIII rematch came in Week 3, with Seattle again defeating Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, 2620 in overtime. "[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. Haden immediately put him on indefinite leave, then fired him the next day. [52], On January 11, 2010, it was reported that Carroll would be leaving USC to coach the Seattle Seahawks. The nickname: It wasnt as catchy as Gloomy Gus, but Cravath was called Little Jeffries when he was young because he enjoyed fisticuffs like legendary heavyweight boxer Jim Jeffries. (AP Photo), USC coach Jeff Cravath, left, with his staff in 1949. Hed been mentored by the best - Bill Walsh, Tom Landry, Marty Schottenheimer and Robinson and was highly regarded as the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and as a USC assistant during its 1978 co-national championship season. The Seattle Seahawks 2013 season began with four consecutive preseason wins,[95] and odds-makers had distinguished them as the favorite in the NFC. But how should we. It makes me sick that everybody has to go through this.. Carroll shared injury updates on several players, plus spoke on potential changes. The quotes: McKays acerbic wit provided reporters with a steady stream of snappy quotes, often dispensed from booth No. until his retirement in 1978. However, Carroll rejuvenated his team enough to win their next five games, putting the Seahawks at 95 and clinching a playoff berth. However, these moves paved the way for a 42 start to the 2010 season. USC struggled in Barrys only season, a year in which he also coached the Trojans basketball and baseball teams.