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About the Fund

Lloyd and Laurie Carr established the Coach Carr Cancer Fund in 1998, when he donated funds received from a speaking engagement to the U-M Cancer Center. After the engagement, it was suggested that Coach Carr partner with the Cancer Center to begin a fund for patient care programs in memory of Coach Carr's mother, Pauline, who died of breast cancer.

According to Coach Lloyd Carr, "Teaming up with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center was a natural extension and an opportunity to help the Center continue with its history of excellence in patient care well into the 21st century."

To that end, the Coach Carr Cancer Fund has now become an endowed fund at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Funds raised are deposited into a protected account and the interest generated will be directed back to a variety of patient programs.

Lloyd Carr's Coaching Background

Lloyd Carr has been Michigan's head football coach since 1995. Carr has directed the Wolverines to four consecutive 10 win seasons and victories in each of their past four bowl games (1998: Rose; 1999: Citrus; 2000: Orange; 2001: Citrus).

Carr, who reached 25 wins faster than any current Big Ten coach, became just the second Big Ten coach to post an undefeated regular season record in his third season at the helm. He also wrote himself into the NCAA record books, becoming just the seventh coach in NCAA history to have reached 29 wins in just three seasons of coaching.

Prior to being elevated as the head coach, Carr said he thought he held the greatest assistant coaching job in the country, serving 15 years under Bo Schembechler (1980-1989) and Gary Moeller (1990-1994). Carr joined Schembechler's staff in 1980 as defensive secondary coach, became defensive coordinator for eight seasons, and then moved into the position of assistant head coach for the final five years before becoming head coach.

In 1997, Carr put all of the pieces together, posting the most impressive regular season campaign at U-M in more than 25 years. At the start of the season, Carr not only faced a schedule rated as one of the toughest in the country, but also had the task of deciding on a starting quarterback while having to replace three All-Americans, four starters on defense and three starters on the offensive line. By the end of the season, Michigan was undefeated and was named the Associated Press National Champions.

A three sport athlete at Riverview High School, Carr was an all-state quarterback (1962) in football. He enrolled at Missouri for three years and was the backup quarterback on the 1966 Sugar Bowl Championship team. Carr then transferred to Northern Michigan University and quarterbacked the Wildcats to an undefeated season. He graduated from Northern Michigan in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned his Master's degree in 1970 from Northern Michigan under a Mott Fellowship.

Carr's coaching career started at Nativity High School in Detroit (1970). His coaching resume also includes stops at Belleville (Michigan) High School and John Glenn School (Westland) along with Eastern Michigan and Illinois.

Carr is married to the former Laurie McCartney. They have six children.

 

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