Pete Carroll

For the actor, see Pete Carril.

Pete Carroll

Carroll coaching a Seahawks game on November 29, 2021
Current position
Team	Seattle Seahawks
Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-09-15) September 15, 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Career information
Position(s)	Head Coach
College	Pacific
Career highlights
Awards	See Below
Head coaching record
Regular season	47–49
Postseason	2–3
Career record	NCAA: 83–19*[1] Bowl Games: 6–2*[2]
Stats
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1969–1970 1971–1972	Marin Pacific
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1978  1979  1980–1982  1983  1984  1985–1989  1990–1993  1994  1995–1996  1997–1999  2001–2009  2010–present	Iowa State (SC) Ohio State (SC) North Carolina State (DC) Pacific (OC) Buffalo Bills (DB) Minnesota Vikings (DB) New York Jets (DC) New York Jets   San Francisco 49ers (DC) New England Patriots   USC   Seattle Seahawks

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. He used to coach for the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California football team.

In his time at USC, the Trojans went to two BCS Bowl games, winning the National Championship in 2004 and winning the Pacific-10 Conference football title seven years in a row from 2002 to 2008. The 2004 BCS title was taken away from the team in 2010, but USC kept its 2003 and 2004 AP National Championships.^[3]

Early life

Carroll went to Redwood High School in Larkspur, California. Carroll played in three sports: football (playing quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back), basketball and baseball. Carroll won the school's Athlete of the Year award in 1969.^[4]

College

After high school, Carroll went to junior college (a two-year college) at College of Marin, where he played football for two years before changing schools to the University of the Pacific.^[5] At Pacific, Carroll played the free safety position for two years.^[5]

After graduation, Carroll tried out for the Honolulu Hawaiians of the World Football League, but did not make the team because of shoulder problems.^[6] To make money, he found a job selling roofing materials in the Bay Area, but he found he was not good at it and soon moved on; it would be his only non-football-related job.

Head coaching record

National Football League

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
NYJ	1994	6	10	0	.375	5th in AFC East	—	—	—	—
NYJ total		6	10	0	.375		—	—	—
NE	1997	10	6	0	.625	1st in AFC East	1	1	.500	Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Divisional Game
NE	1998	9	7	0	.563	4th in AFC East	0	1	.000	Lost to Jacksonville Jaguars in AFC Wild-Card Game
NE	1999	8	8	0	.500	5th in AFC East	—	—	—	—
NE total		27	21	0	.563		1	2	.333
SEA	2010	7	9	0	.438	1st in NFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Chicago Bears in NFC Divisional Game
SEA	2011	7	9	0	.438	3rd in NFC West	—	—	—	—
SEA	2012	11	5	0	.688	2nd in NFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Atlanta Falcons in NFC Divisional Game
SEA	2013	13	3	0	.813	1st in NFC West	3	0	1.000	Super Bowl XLVIII champions
SEA	2014	12	4	0	.750	1st in NFC West	2	1	.667	Lost to New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX
SEA	2015	10	6	0	.625	2nd in NFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Carolina Panthers in NFC Divisional Game
SEA	2016	10	5	1	.656	1st in NFC West	1	1	.500	Lost to Atlanta Falcons in NFC Divisional Game
SEA	2017	9	7	0	.563	2nd in NFC West	—	—	—	—
SEA total		79	48	1	.621		9	5	.643
Total[7]		112	79	1	.586		10	7	.588

References

1. Before sanctions, 97–19, as a result of 14 wins vacated by 2010 NCAA sanctions.
2. Before sanctions 7–2, as a result of one bowl win vacated by 2010 NCAA sanctions.
3. Chris Dufresne (June 11, 2010). "USC will keep 2004 AP championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
4. Adam Rose (April 8, 2009). "Pete Carroll: The high school years". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
5. Jason Anderson (August 2, 2006). "Pete's party began at Pacific". Record.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
6. Mike Sager (September 11, 2009). "Big Balls Pete Carroll". Esquire magazine. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
7. "Pete Carroll NFL Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved December 28, 2010.

Other websites

• Official website
• USC profile Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine