Which football team does Pete Carroll coach?”
Carroll was named the Trojans’ head football coach on December 15, 2000, signing a five-year contract after USC had gone through a tumultuous 18 day search to replace fired coach Paul Hackett.[14][15][16] He was not the Trojans’ first choice, and was considered a long shot as the USC Athletic Department under Director Mike Garrett initially planned to hire a high-profile coach with recent college experience.[17] Meanwhile Carroll, who had not coached in over a year and not coached in the college ranks since 1983, drew unfavorable comparisons to the outgoing Hackett.[16][18][19] USC first pursued then Oregon State coach Dennis Erickson, who instead signed a contract extension with the Beavers; then Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, who similarly signed an extension.[17] The search then moved to the San Diego Chargers coach Mike Riley, who had been an assistant coach at USC before later becoming the head coach of Oregon State. Stuck in contractual obligations to the Chargers (who were still in
Not to be confused with Pete Carril. Pete Carroll Pete Carroll at the 2005 USC Championship Rally Pete Carroll at the 2005 USC Championship Rally Title Head coach College Southern California Sport American football Team record 96–18 Born September 15, 1951 (1951 -09-15) (age 58) Place of birth San Francisco, California Annual salary $4,400,000/year (pay plus benefits)[1] Career highlights Overall NCAA: 96–18 Bowl Games: 6–2 BCS Games 6–1 NFL Regular Season 33–31 NFL Postseason 1–2 Coaching stats College Football DataWarehouse Championships 2 National Championships (2003,2004) 7 PAC-10 Championships (2002-2008) AFC East Division Champions (1997) Awards See Below Playing career 1969-1970 1971-1972 Marin Pacific Position Safety Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1978 1979 1980-1982 1983 1984 1985-1989 1990-1993 1994 1995-1996 1997-1999 2001-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 Je
