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Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. Entering the 2006 season, he has 102 wins and 34 losses, for a winning percentage of .750. In Big Ten Conference play, he has 68 wins against 20 losses for a winning percentage of .773. He has won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004) and his 1997 team was declared the Associated Press national champion. Carr is a protégé of coaching great Bo Schembechler, having served under Schembechler as an assistant from 1980-89. He then served as an assistant under Gary Moeller from 1990-94 before being named interim head coach after Moeller's resignation. Though then-athletic director Joe Roberson initally declared that Carr was not a candidate in the search for Moeller's permanent replacement, Roberson reversed his earlier position and gave Carr the job permanently after he posted an 8-2 record through the 1995 season's first 10 games.

A native of Riverview, Michigan, Carr played college football at Missouri and Northern Michigan; he quarterbacked the latter to an undefeated season. He graduated from NMU in 1968 with his B.S. in education, and went on to earn his master's degree in education administration at NMU in 1970.

Carr's coaching career began as an assistant at Nativity High School in Detroit (1968-69) and at Belleville High School from 1970 to 1973. He became head coach at Westland John Glenn High School in 1973 and earned Regional Class A Coach of the Year honors in 1975 following an 8-1 season.

Carr's collegiate coaching career started with two seasons at Eastern Michigan (1976-77), followed by two seasons at Illinois (1978-79) before arriving at Michigan as an assistant in 1980. He has remained in Ann Arbor ever since. He is among the winningest active football coaches in NCAA Division I-A, has won five Big Ten titles, and brought Michigan its first national championship in 49 years.

Despite his accomplishments, Carr has come under increasing scrutiny recently. Carr's failure to contend for a berth in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship game since the system was introduced in 1998 has drawn the ire of many fans and alumni. His record against against archrivals Ohio State (1-4) and Notre Dame (1-3) since 2001, his record in opening road games (0-5) and bowl games (1-4) since 2001, and a disappointing 7-5 record in the 2005 season have prompted many to become increasingly vocal in calling for his ouster. Michigan athletic director Bill Martin recently reaffirmed his support for Carr and said that he would be "very surprised" if Carr did not make significant changes to his coaching staff during the offseason. Following the end of recruiting season, both the offensive and defensive coordinators have left for the NFL, and Carr has promoted assistants from within the program to fill these voids. Specifically, Ron English will now be defensive coordinator and Mike DeBord will resume the previously held role of offensive coordinator.

Carr has negotiated a clause in his contract that allows him to stay on as an assistant athletic director when he retires.

He has been inducted into both the Catholic (High School) League and Northern Michigan University Halls of Fame.

Coaching record

^denotes shared championship

Player Accomplishments

In the Carr era, several Michigan players have won national and conference awards:

Heisman Trophy (Given to the nation's outstanding player) - Charles Woodson
, 1997
Walter Camp Award (Nation's top player) - Woodson, 1997
Chuck Bednarik Award (Outstanding defensive player) - Woodson, 1997
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Outstanding defensive player) - Woodson, 1997
Jim Thorpe Award (Outstanding defensive back) - Woodson, 1997
Doak Walker Award (Outstanding running back) - Chris Perry
, 2003
Dave Rimington Trophy (Outstanding center) - David Baas
, 2004
Fred Biletnikoff Award (Outstanding wide receiver) - Braylon Edwards
, 2004
Big Ten Freshman of the Year ("Conference's top freshman")) - Michael Hart, 2004

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