Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll
Peter Clay Carrollis an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans of the University of Southern California. Carroll is one of only three football coaches who have won both a Super Bowl and a college football national championship. At 7009204733440000000♠64 years, 320 days, Carroll is the oldest head coach currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 September 1951
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We were 27-21, won the AFC division title, went to the playoffs twice.
People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.
The argument about the system is out there and that's probably good. We did what we could, impressing the people in the AP poll and the coaches who felt free to vote.
The argument about the system is out there and that's probably good, ... We did what we could, impressing the people in the AP poll and the coaches who felt free to vote.
Family is family. That means we open the doors to them. I think our players are comfortable with people at practice. We try to do a real nice job of screening. I'm not paranoid about it. However, we're going to do everything we can to try and not let the wrong people watch.
It's so common for people to think that once you've accomplished something to get complacent. But I don't see that in any of our players. I don't see it in Matt.
It's a display of respect for last year. We're proud of what we accomplished, and other people respect that. But it's what we do from this point forward that counts in 2005.
People are always looking for the hot new deal. I don't particularly like it because it takes away from the standard traditional football stuff.
I think it's important to have people you know and can count on. I know why guys hire their sons. You have a relationship. It could be a problem, but you know that you've got someone with your best interests at heart. He can tell me something that nobody else can tell me. I see it as an asset.
He has extraordinary drive. His leadership ability, and his willingness to work so hard, were just obvious. His ability to get in front of people was impressive.
The people have changed, but the format is exactly the same.
I have not changed one bit since I've been here. There is a way to have great discipline, and have great intensity and have people compete on a level that is hard to match and enjoy every minute of it.
I'm not worried about it. People have opinions and can think anything they want,
I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't have final say about what was going on, and I was always having to represent other people's views, and it was very difficult to be real, to be authentic, to be true because there were a number of people who had say about what was going on.