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Carroll, Peter Clay. Win Forever Live, Work, and Play like a Champions. 2011.
Accessed 31 Mar. 2022.

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Now comes the 2008 season, another great season going 12-1. Making their seventh straight Pac-10 championship, seventh straight BCS bowl appearance, and seventh straight finish in the top 4 in AP poll. They were officially the team of the decade from 1997-2007. They ended the season by falling short of the National Championship once again unfortunately, but they still made the Rose Bowl, winning their third straight against Penn State, 38-24.

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Next year in 2007, they had another amazing season going 11-2. Again, they could've made the national championship but they got upsetted by the Stanford Cardinal by 41 points which made them come up short. Although, they did win their 6th conference championship and made another Rose Bowl to beat Illinois 49-17.

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The 2006 Trojans season was pretty good, staying in the top 10 in the AP poll throughout most of year, until they lost to the unranked Oregon State Beavers. They stayed solid throughout the entire year, looking to make the National Championship for the third time in a row, when they lost to UCLA in the final game of the season 13-9. Because of this, Florida got to take their spot while USC earned a spot in the Rose Bowl defeating Michigan 32-18. Carroll is still striving in Southern California.

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The 2004 season was even better for the Trojans, going undefeated throughout the whole season. Their quarterback, Matt Leinart, won the Heisman that year. Their opponent was Oklahoma, their starting quarterback was sixth year former Heisman trophy winner Jason White. USC ended up scoring 38 points in the first half and beating Oklahoma 55-19. To officially have back-to-back National Championships. Although, the Trojans coaching staff were accused of paying the players, they were fined with a two year postseason ban, and 30 scholarships were lost over 3 years.

5th Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC_Trojans_football

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The 2003 USC was the start to something really special. They started at QB with Matt Leinart, the redshirt sophomore who was unproven at the time. But, beat Auburn in the first game of the season, it was a great start to the season but their first loss unfortunately came in the second game losing to the California Golden Bears in triple overtime. Fortunately, after that game, they went 9 straight, going 11-1 on the season. They played 4th ranked in the country the University of Michigan and beat them 28-14 in the Rose Bowl. On the other hand, LSU played Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl and LSU won that game 21-14. USC ended as #1 in the AP poll and was awarded the National Championship, although LSU won the BCS National Championship. Making it a split-title with USC and LSU. It was a great year from both teams especially from Pete Carroll and the trojans.

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Leaving USC to go to Seattle Seahawks and Reflects on His Career

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Leaving USC to go to Seattle Seahawks and Reflects on His Career

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After 37 years of coaching, 11 teams he's coached, he's most likely found his last coaching spot in the Seattle Seahawks. Before Pete left the Trojans, they were still doing extremely well. Pete said he wouldn't of left the Trojans if the NCAA sanctions were known. Meaning, if the Trojans didn't get caught with all of the inappropriate stuff they did he would've probably stayed. Anyways, I think he made the right choice, he trusted his intuition and his philosophy. He's a winner, great person, great influencer, kind, responsible, and a very great coach in all. Win Forever.

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When Pete headed back to Pacific University, he decided to switch it up and go from defensive coordinator to offensive coordinator. During this season in 1983 under head coach Bob Coupe, he would also be the assistant head coach. They would end having a pretty bad season at 3-9 and Carroll would leave after this to look for better options maybe towards the NFL.

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Carroll Goes East to North Carolina State

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Carroll Goes East to North Carolina State

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Carroll was finally able to coach his own defense while going east to North Carolina State University, coaching the team as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach. He coached there for 2 years and they ended up going 6-5 and 4-7 in both those two years, he was let go after the losing season.

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Speaking of that other school, after Pete was at Iowa State for one season he went to Ohio State University while following Coach Bruce. Carroll would be there for one year while having an amazing season going 11-1 and unfortunately losing in the rose bowl to the University of Southern California.

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Coach Carroll was hired on as the secondary coach for the Iowa State Cyclones in 1978 under head coach Earle Bruce. He ended up leaving after going 8-4 while following the head coach to another school.

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Pete was gonna end up playing safety for Pacific but he ended up getting injuried and couldn't get back on the field. But, in school he was focused on learning to become a coach, and he did. He studied and worked for 3 years and it was a lot of hard work and determination that he had to do and this was his official start to his coaching career.

Quote 3: "My three years studying and working for Chester Caddas at the University of the Pacific brought experiences and lessons that I never could have anticipated. There were challenges and setbacks, but they helped me understand new ways to compete" (18).

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Carroll, after the one year break he had of not coaching, was looking for opportunities to coach again. He saw that the University of North Carolina spot was open and he was super excited because he knew that have a great athletic program and was in a great location. But, they didn't wanna give him an interview because of his lack of college experience recently. This didn't make him stop though, one day his phone rang and it was the University of Southern California (aka USC), and he couldn't wait to go to the opposite coast to coach a great football team

Quote 10: "We waited and stayed positive, resolved to stick to the plan we had set. Finally,the phone rang. This time it was a school near the ocean but on the opposite coast. The next thing I knew, I was on my way to meet with the athletic director at USC" (96).

4th Outside Source
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/pete-carroll-1.html

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After he got fired by the Patriots in 1999, Pete wanted to take a year off of football to focus on himself and to give himself a mental check on how he was doing.

Quote 9: By December I finally had a clear, organized template of my core values, my philosophy, and--most important--my overarching vision for what I wanted to stand for as a person, a coach, and a competitor (60)."

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Pete wanted to leave the 49ers after George Seifert, the head coach at the time, left as well because he felt like it was the right time for him to go. During his 3 years there as the head coach, he made the playoffs the first two years and they ended up losing in the 2nd and then the 1st round the following year.  The next year they ended up going 8-8 and Pete got fired. It was the first time he had a real head coach job he's had for multiple years.

Quote 8: "When I was offered the job in New England, the owner, Robert Kraft, told me, "We want it to be just like the 49ers."That was music to my ears" (58).

3rd Outside Source
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Pete_Carroll

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Before he headed to San Francisco, he had a decision between them or the Broncos and he thought long and hard about it. Eventually, his wife asked him if his expectations were too high at the 49ers but then it clicked for him. They had just come off a superbowl winning season so right after that conversation he called up the general manager to ask if the spot was still open and fortunately he said yes. It was a short stint with the 49ers, only was the defensive coordinator there for 2 years. Although he made the playoffs both times while he was there, they fell short both times, once in the first round and once in the second round.

Quote 7: "As soon as I came to terms with what my hesitation was actually all about, I called George and told him I would take the job if he still wanted me. Fortunately, he said yes" (53).

2nd Outside Source
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CarrPe0.htm

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After being with the Minnesota Vikings for 5 straight years, Carroll wanted to switch it up. So he left to take the New York Jets defensive backs coach position. They only made the playoffs one time in 1991, losing in the first round. After two straight losing seasons, the Jets organization let go of Bruce Coslet, the head coach at the time. At this moment in time, Pete Carroll was realizing that he could get this job, that he dreamt for. He got the job in 1994, although he went for a losing season at 6-10 and got fired in the off-season. He had a great time in his first starting job as a coach and got to learn a lot during that time.

Quote 6: "In 1990, I left Minnesota to take the defensive coordinator position with the New York Jets...I was called in for a two-hour interview with the Jets general manager, Dick Steinberg. Soon after, the team offered me the head coaching position. It was exactly twenty two years into my coaching career" (40).

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Carroll defensive back coaching Vikings, 1985

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After Carroll had those 6 years with the colleges, he started to get himself more involved with NFL assistant coaching. He started out with coaching the Buffalo Bills as a defensive backs coach for only one year when they had one of their worst seasons ever with a 2-14 record, then went to the Minnesota Vikings for 5 years of coaching also as the defensive backs coach. The first two years he was there they had losing seasons but his last three years there they made the playoffs every time.

Quote 5: "One of the coaches I'm most proud to say I worked under was Bud Grant with the Minnesota Vikings. Coach Grant is the third-winningest professional football coach in history..." (26).

1st Outside Source
https://pro-football-history.com/coach/56/pete-carroll-bio

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Carroll gets graduate assistant at University of Arkansas, 1977

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Although Pete had a small coaching spot at Pacific, he got his first "real" opportunity after Pete got the news that he would be a graduate assistant at the University of Arkansas, he knew this would hopefully be the start to his great coaching career, which indeed it was. Over the next 6 years, he went on a whirlwind tour through the world of college football coaching at Arkansas, to Iowa State, to then Ohio State, North Carolina State, and then back to Pacific.

Quote 4: "Around this time Bob Cope, an assistant coach at Pacific, accepted a position on Lou Holtz's staff at the University of Arkansas and convinced Coach Holtz to bring me on as a graduate assistant" (25).

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Carroll in college jacket, early-mid 70's

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Pete was able to take the field as a player at Pacific but he ended up getting a mild shoulder sprain the first day of practice and once he came back to the field he was competing his spot back but he couldn't get back to where he formerly was. It was tough for him at first but learning how to be a coach to still be in the field of what he loves doing he was learning very quickly. Pete's first two goals or objectives were to earn a secondary teaching credential that would qualify him to teach and coach at the high school level and to take classes in a masters program in physical education.

Quote 2: "I was awarded a scholarship to play safety for the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California" (14).

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Carroll in high-school football jersey, late-60's

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He was born in 1951 and grew up in Marin County, California where he was really competitive with all of his friends when he was growing up. He played in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais and on nearby school playgrounds. When he was younger, he wasn't only in love with football he was in love with any sport he was able to play including football, baseball, and basketball during his highschool years.

Quote 1: "As a kid growing up in Marin County California, I was more or less like all the other kids interested in sports: I just wanted to play. I never dreamed of being a coach" (9).