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Pete Carroll, also known as <a href="/biography/pete-carroll">Peter Clay Carroll</a>, is an American <a href="/biography/pete-carroll">football coach</a> who was born on September 15, 1951. He was born in San Francisco, California to father James Edward "Jim" Carroll and mother Rita Carroll. Caroll's grandparents on his father's side were immigrants from Ireland while his grandparents on his mother's side were of Croation descent and immigrated from the Austro Hungarian Empire. While growing up, Carroll was a very athletic <a href="/biography/pete-carroll">child</a> but had troubles with slow physical growth during his teenage years which frustrated him and made his participation in high school sports difficult.

In his freshman year of high school, he weighed a mere 110 pounds (50kg). His small size required him to get a doctor's approval to try out for the high school's football team. Despite his physical shortcomings, Carroll made up for his small size with heart and became a talented athlete who played football as a wide receiver, quarterback and defensive back for his high school football team. Carroll was also active in baseball and basketball and even earned the school’s Athlete of the Year award in his senior year in 1969.

Education:

Carroll graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California. After graduating from high school, he attended junior college at the nearby College of Marin for two years and played on the college's football team. After two years at Marin, Carroll transferred to the University of the Pacific where he became a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. While studying at Pacific, Carroll played free safety for two years for the college's football team the Tigers. He eventually graduated from Pacific with a Master’s degree in Physical Education in 1976.

Career:

While he played for the Pacific Tigers, Carroll drew the attention of the team's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Caddas">head coach</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Caddas">Chester Caddas</a> for his talent and optimistic disposition. Carroll told <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Caddas">Caddas</a> he was interested in coaching and he was offered a graduate assistant job at Pacific. While studying at Pacific, Carroll earned secondary teaching credential which would become important later in his career as a professional coach. Pacific had created many successful coaches, many of whom started as assistants just Carroll. The names of previous assistants who went on to have successful careers coaching include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Colletto">Jim Colletto</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cope">Bob Cope</a>, Ted Leland, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Robinson_(American_football_coach)">Greg Robinson</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Harris_(coach)">Walt Harris</a>.

Bobe Cope and Pete Carroll became friends while attending Pacific together and when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cope">Cope</a> graduated and got a job at the University of Arkansas he used his influence to help get Carroll a job as well. In 1984, Carroll went on to enter the National Football League as a defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills. While he did not stay with Buffalo Bills for long, the role would serve to get his foot in the door of the world of the NFL. After a year with the Buffalo Bills, he took switched teams to the Minnesota Vikings where he stayed for five seasons from 1985 to 1989. After he left the Minnesota Vikings, Carroll applied for a job as head coach of Stanford University but lost the job to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green">Dennis Green</a>.

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Carroll then went on to become the defensive coordinator under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Coslet">Bruce Coslet</a> for the New York Jets. In 1992, he applied to be the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings but he was not chosen. Instead, the Minnesota Vikings chose another coach, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Green">Dennis Green</a>, who had once again been chosen ahead of Carroll. After years of trying, Carroll finally became a head coach for the New England Patriots. He would also coach for the New York Jets and the University of Southern California Trojans. Eventually, Carroll would go on to become the executive vice president and head coach of the Seattle Seahawks where he remains today. Under his coaching, the Seattle Seahawks would go on to win their first Super Bowl in the franchise's history against the Dever Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. Carroll remains the executive vice president and head coach of the Seattle Seahawks to this day.

Personal Life:

Pete Carroll married a woman named Glena and the pair would go on to have three children together, Brennan, Jaime, and Nathan. His first born, Brennan, was married to a woman named Amber and together they had a son named Dillon Brennan Nathan, the first grandchild of Carroll. Carroll and Glena also had a daughter named Jaime who attended the University of Southern California beginning in fall of 2000. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennan_Carroll">Brennan Carroll</a> played football in college just like his father and first attended the University of Delaware before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh where he played as a tight end for the college team.

Upon his graduation, Brennan would even go on to become a graduate assistant to his father. Carroll's daughter Jaime is a vibrant young woman who played for the Women of Troy's volleyball team. Carroll and his wife would go on to have a third child, a son who they named Nathan. The youngest child of the three, Nathan attended University of Southern California like his sister where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree. Nathan Carroll would eventually go on to become an assistant to his father also.

Carroll's claim to fame is being one of only three players who achieved the feat of winning a Super Bowl and a College Football national championship. Forty years after his graduation, Carroll returned to Redwood High School where he was inducted into the Charter class Athletic Hall of Fame. Carroll is known for being a passionate fan of water sports and enjoys paddle boarding and surfing. Currently, Carroll is living in Hunts Point, Washington where some of his neighbors are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer">Steve Ballmer</a>, former Microsoft CEO and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sinegal">Jim Sinegal</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sinegal">co-founder</a> of Costco. Carroll became politically active when he was moved by the incessant gang violence in his home state of California, particularly in Los Angeles where would create the foundation known as "A Better LA", a charity organization that focuses on reducing crime and violence in areas of the city.

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