Some of you maybe confused with this but Lloyd has held an assistant AD job for the past two years and now if officially retiring from U of M. The job was basically just a title and a way for Michigan to pay him the final two years of his contract. Now on to the press release:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After 30 years of distinguished service to the University of Michigan, associate athletic director and former U-M head football head coach Lloyd Carr will officially retire from the athletic department on Sept. 1.
"I am thankful for the wonderful opportunity to assist two great coaches here in Bo Schembechler and Gary Moeller and I will always appreciate Joe Roberson's decision to name me the head coach in 1995," said Carr. "I am also appreciative for those I worked with and for all the great friendships I have developed.
"Most of all, I am thankful for the young men I coached and for all the memories I have from my time at Michigan."
Carr's accomplishments off the field can be measured by his success as a fundraiser for many charitable causes, including his role as co-chair for the campaign to build a new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, which will open in the fall of 2011. He will remain active in fundraising and keep his position as co-chair for the fundraising effort for the hospitals. He has also aided both the athletic department and the university as a highly sought-after speaker, serving on special committees, and providing helpful advice and mentoring to coaches and staff.
"Lloyd Carr's legacy is an impressive and important part of Michigan's rich history and tradition of excellence in football," said U-M President Mary Sue Coleman. "He has served the university as well through his advocacy and passion for a number of philanthropic causes. We are grateful for his long and successful service and wish him well in retirement."
"I have known Lloyd since he came to Michigan as an assistant coach," said Dave Brandon, U-M Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. "Coach Carr is a man of integrity. I admire and appreciate his love for all of our student-athletes and his many contributions to not only our university, but his work on behalf of numerous charitable causes throughout the state of Michigan."
Carr is retiring after two-and-one-half years as an associate athletic director, but his accomplishments as U-M's 17th head football coach will be an enduring memory.
Following the 2008 Capital One Bowl, Carr retired as U-M football coach with an overall record of 122-40 (81-23 Big Ten), a national championship and five Big Ten Conference titles. He is one of only three U-M coaches to win more than 100 games on the gridiron, an achievement only surpassed by Bo Schembechler and Fielding H. Yost. He is the only coach to have taken Michigan teams to a bowl game in each year he served as head coach, and he is only the fifth head football coach to lead Michigan to a national title (1997).
Carr became just the second Big Ten coach to post an undefeated regular-season record in only his third year of head coaching. He also wrote himself into the NCAA record books, becoming the seventh coach in NCAA history to have reached 29 wins in only three seasons of coaching.
Carr has also been involved in the university, community and coaching fraternity. He has been active in support of women's athletics, endowing a women's athletics scholarship that is presented annually to a U-M female student-athlete. He initiated the Women's Football Academy and U-M Men's Fantasy Football Experience, which donate all proceeds to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center through the establishment of the Coach Carr Cancer Fund in 1998 in memory of his mother, Pauline, who died of breast cancer. The "Carr Wash for Kids" was an annual event benefiting Mott Children's Hospital, a cause he continues to support today. He also serves as spokesperson for Mentor Michigan to help recruit men and women to help children in need. He has been involved with local charities such as the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, Washtenaw Literacy and the United Way.
In the past, he also worked with Special Olympics, served on the NCAA Rules Committee and was a member of the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees. He annually hosts the Hall of Fame football camp in his hometown of Riverview, Mich.
Throughout his tenure, he was given the Philip Hart Public Service Award from the Michigan Women's Studies Association and the Dodge National Athletic Lifetime Achievement Award.
Carr is married to the former Laurie McCartney. They have six children: Melissa, Brett, Jason, Ryan, Emily and Jarrett. Jason was a quarterback at U-M and Emily lettered in volleyball. Carr also has 11 grandchildren: Tyler John McCartney, Brendan Massey McCartney, Drew Elizabeth Vigo, Austin Patrick McCartney, Colin Lloyd McCartney, Sydney Ann Vigo, Ethan Michael McCartney, Casey Carr Vigo, Noah Thomas McCartney, Curtis Jason (C.J.) Carr and Thomas Lloyd Carr, with another grandson expected in October.
CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
1995-2007: Overall record 122-40 (81-23 Big Ten)
Championships
1-National (1997)
5-Big Ten (1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004)
Awards
AFCA Coach of the Year (1997)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year (1997)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1997)
AFQ/Schutt Coach of the Year (1997)
Northern Michigan University Hall of Fame (1997)
Catholic League Hall of Fame (1997)
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (2007)
Robert R. Neyland Award (2008)
College Coaching
1976-77 Assistant (Eastern Michigan)
1978-79 Assistant (Illinois)
1980-86 Defensive Backs (Michigan)
1987-94 Defensive Coordinator (Michigan)
1995-2007 Head Coach (Michigan)
High School Coaching
1968-69 Assistant Nativity HS (Detroit)
1970-73 Assistant Belleville (Mich.)
1973-75 Head coach Westland (Mich.) John Glenn
Regional Class A Coach of the Year (1975)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Lloyd Carr Retires from U of M
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Truly great Michigan man. Thank you, Lloyd!
30 years of faithful, loyal service. Never a thought he might leave the best coaching job in college football. National championship. Brought honor and distinction to the program and the university.
We were lucky to have him.
Well said.
With one more win, Nebraska deserves national title
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1998 Scripps Howard
MIAMI (Jan 2, 1998 - 05:12 EST) -- If Nebraska beats Tennessee in the Orange Bowl by the margin the odds makers say it should, then the Cornhuskers should win the national championship. They wont, but they should.
Too many voters are too reluctant to drop a winning team. And that's unfortunate for Nebraska.
In voting unbeaten Michigan over unbeaten Nebraska for the last third of the season, I based that first-place vote, in part, on Michigan's tougher schedule. The bowl games have changed my perspective.
The Big Ten was overrated. That became more evident with every bowl game: Michigan State lost to Washington 51-23. Iowa lost to Arizona State 17-7. Wisconsin lost to Georgia 33-6. Penn State lost to Florida 21-6. Ohio State lost to Florida State 31-14. Purdue, which Michigan didn't play, was the only other Big Ten winner (33-20 over Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl).
Michigan's opponents, five Big Ten teams and Notre Dame, went 0-6 in the bowls.
Nebraska's opponents went 2-2 in the bowls. Washington and Kansas State won; Missouri and Texas A&M lost.
Here's what I jotted down on a notepad after Michigan's 21-16 Rose Bowl victory over Washington State: Records: If Nebraska beats UT in the Orange Bowl, it will be 13-0. Michigan is 12-0.
Opponents: If Nebraska beats UT, its opponents record will be 76-74; Michigan's opponents are 74-67.
Dominance: Nebraska outscored its opponents by 30.7 points per game; Michigan outscored its opponents by 17 points per game.
More dominance: Nebraska outscored its opponents with winning records by 23.6. Michigan outscored its opponents with winning records by 10.8 points.
It's too easy to say Michigan was No. 1 and won its game, so it should stay No. 1. That's not the way the system is supposed to work. Our archaic method of choosing a college football champion is based on style points. Nebraska lost style points because it beat Missouri in overtime and beat Colorado by three after leading by 17 late in the game.
However, against good teams, Nebraska, not Michigan, has been more stylish. The Cornhuskers beat 11-1 Kansas State by 30 points. They beat Washington by 13. They beat Texas A&M by 39 points just three weeks ago.
In Thursday's Cotton Bowl, those same Aggies almost upset a UCLA team that had won nine consecutive games. Don't forget that Michigan only beat Notre Dame by seven points, Iowa by four and Wisconsin by 10. Its most-convincing victory was against Penn State, which for much of the year was the most-overrated team in the country.
Michigan deserves tremendous credit for an unbeaten season. But if Nebraska plays well in beating Tennessee, it deserves the national championship.
By JOHN ADAMS, Scripps Howard News Service
5 Big 10 teams on Michigans 97 schedule get stomped by an average score of 30-10 and ND loses. 97 Michigan opponents 0-6 in bowl games! And Michigan struggles TERRIBLY to beat an overrated WSU team while over in the OB with under two minutes left Nebraska is up 42-9 over a Tenn team that would have whipped WSU and likely given Michigan all they could handle. Bowl results tell me A LOT about who was the better team in 1997.
1997 Nebraska vs Missouri - Matt Davisons catch
1. NCAA rules say -player may use any part of his body to try and bring the ball under his control
2. Shevin Wiggins admits kicking the ball - trying to bring it up to HIS hands to catch it.
3. Being pulled over backwards by the defender added extra effort to the kick and it went over his head.
4. Wiggins had no idea a NU reciever would be behind him - Matt Davisons pass route on the play took him to the other side of the field. He just ran to the play when he saw the ball going away from him.
5. In order for the play/kick to be illegal, the official would have to be certain that the player was intentionally kicking the ball to a teammate. Any doubt and it is a legal play.
6. Both the Big 8 head of officals and the NCAA head of officials stated that the play had been called correctly
7. If Wiggins arms had not been pinned at his side by the Missouri DB, he probably would have caught the ball in the first place.
Statement or rule #5 is key in this entire play. Referee has to be 100% certain that player INTENTIONALLY kicked ball AND was ATTEMPTING TO KICK IT TO A TEAMMATE. Any doubt and it is completely legal. That weird egg shaped, oblong ball takes some crazy bounces some times and it bounced right for the Huskers for once.
Sympathy Vote??
Yeah, I agree there was a sympathy vote in the 1997 National Championship. Michigan had not won a NC since 1948 and a Big 10 team had not won one since 1968, so yes I think there was a sympathy vote for Michigan. Not for the coach who had just won 2 National Championships in the last 3 years, or a football program who had won 4 since the last time Michigan or a Big 10 team had won any. (AP & Coaches Polls). There was also another article that showed Michigan getting much more support in the AP poll from writers Big 10 areas than the rest of the country.
The official only had to determine he intentionally kicked the ball. They do not have to determine where he is kicking it. He intentionally kicked the ball. It should have been penalized.
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