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Michigan Football: Top 10 greatest coaches in program history

By Quinn Douglas

University of Michigan's head coach Lloyd Carr wonders what is going on during his teams loss to Ohio State University at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 19, 2005. Ohio State won the game 25-21. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
University of Michigan's head coach Lloyd Carr wonders what is going on during his teams loss to Ohio State University at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 19, 2005. Ohio State won the game 25-21. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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4. Lloyd Carr: 1995-2007

  • Career Record: 122-40
  • Awards and Accolades: 1997, ’98, ’00, ’03-’04 Big Ten Champions, 1997 National Championship, 1997 AFCA Coach of the Year, 1997 George Munger Award, 1997 Paul “Bear” Bryant Award, 1997 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award, 2007 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award

The second-winningest coach in Michigan history and number four on the list is Lloyd Carr. Carr played college football at Mizzou and Northern Michigan as a quarter back from 1964 through 1967. He spent the next seven years as a coach at various high schools before being hired as an assistant at Eastern Michigan in 1976. Two seasons later he joined Gary Moeller’s staff at Illinois. He then worked a season at West Virginia before coming to Michigan in 1980.

Carr would spend the next fourteen years as an assistant at Ann Arbor before becoming head coach in 1995 following the departure of Gary Moeller. Carr had mild success his first two seasons before Michigan rose back to prominence in 1997, finishing the year 12-0 and winning the Big Ten and national championship. Carr would win four more Big Ten Championships in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004.

He would retire from coaching following Michigan’s win in the Capital One Bowl over Florida in 2008. Carr still remains active with the university today in various fundraisers.

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