Pete Carroll

**Peter Clay Carroll** (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is the head coach 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.

## 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.

## 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. At Pacific, Carroll played the free safety position for two years.

After graduation, Carroll tried out for the Honolulu Hawaiians of the World Football League, but did not make the team because of shoulder problems. 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.

### National Football League

|Team|Year|Regular season|Postseason||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6|10|0||5th in AFC East|—|—|—|—|
|10|6|0||**1st in AFC East**|1|1||<small>**Lost to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Divisional Game**</small>|
|9|7|0||4th in AFC East|0|1||<small>**Lost to Jacksonville Jaguars in AFC Wild-Card Game**</small>|
|8|8|0||5th in AFC East|—|—|—|—|
|7|9|0||**1st in NFC West**|1|1||<small>**Lost to Chicago Bears in NFC Divisional Game**</small>|
|7|9|0||3rd in NFC West|—|—|—|—|
|11|5|0||2nd in NFC West|1|1||<small>**Lost to Atlanta Falcons in NFC Divisional Game**</small>|
|13|3|0||**1st in NFC West**|3|0||<small>**Super Bowl XLVIII champions**</small>|
|12|4|0||**1st in NFC West**|2|1||<small>**Lost to New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX**</small>|
|10|6|0||2nd in NFC West|1|1||<small>**Lost to Carolina Panthers in NFC Divisional Game**</small>|
|10|5|1||**1st in NFC West**|1|1||<small>**Lost to Atlanta Falcons in NFC Divisional Game**</small>|
|9|7|0||2nd in NFC West|—|—|—|—|

## Other websites

- USC profile

## Infobox (nfl coach)

- **color**: #425F85
- **fontcolor**: White
- **name**: Pete Carroll
- **image**: Pete Carroll MNF vs WFT (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: 250
- **caption**: Carroll coaching a Seahawks game on November 29, 2021
- **current team**: Seattle Seahawks
- **birth place**: San Francisco, California
- **position**: Head Coach
- **college**: University of the Pacific (United States), Pacific
- **awards**: Pete Carroll#Personal awards, See Below
- **regularrecord**: 47–49
- **playoff record**: 2–3
- **record**: NCAA: 83–19*
Bowl Games: 6–2*
- **pfrcoach**: CarrPe0
- **databasefootballcoach**: CARROPET01
- **player**: yes
- **years**: 1969–1970
1971–1972
- **teams**: College of Marin, Marin
University of the Pacific (United States), Pacific
- **coach**: yes
- **coachingyears**: 1978<small> </small>
1979<small> </small>
1980–1982<small> </small>
1983<small> </small>
1984<small> </small>
1985–1989<small> </small>
1990–1993<small> </small>
1994<small> </small>
1995–1996<small> </small>
1997–1999<small> </small>
2001–2009<small> </small>
2010–present<small> </small>
- **coachingteams**: Iowa State University, Iowa State <small>(Secondary coordinator, SC)</small>
The Ohio State University, Ohio State <small>(Secondary coordinator, SC)</small>
North Carolina State University, North Carolina State <small>(Defensive coordinator, DC)</small>
University of the Pacific (United States), Pacific <small>(Offensive coordinator, OC)</small>
Buffalo Bills <small>(Defensive back, DB)</small>
Minnesota Vikings <small>(DB)</small>
New York Jets <small>(DC)</small>
New York Jets <small> </small>
San Francisco 49ers <small>(DC)</small>
New England Patriots <small> </small>
University of Southern California, USC <small> </small>
Seattle Seahawks <small> </small>