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Lloyd Carr

Followed Gary Moeller. Lloyd Carr kept Michigan a national power for 11 seasons.

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1995–2007 · 1 stint
Michigan
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerMICHIGANDynastythe sport's summitBlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderMichigan, 1995: 9-4, Power Program I1995Michigan, 1996: 8-4, Power Program I1996Michigan, 1997: 12-0, Blue Blood1997Michigan, 1998: 10-3, Blue Blood1998Michigan, 1999: 10-2, Blue Blood1999Michigan, 2000: 9-3, Blue Blood2000Michigan, 2001: 8-4, Blue Blood2001Michigan, 2002: 10-3, Blue Blood2002Michigan, 2003: 10-3, Blue Blood2003Michigan, 2004: 9-3, Blue Blood2004Michigan, 2005: 7-5, Blue Blood2005Michigan, 2006: 11-2, Blue Blood2006Michigan, 2007: 9-4, Blue Blood2007+5.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Blue Blood in his 3rd career season — faster than 49% of the 100 FBS coaches who have ever reached Blue Blood (rank #48 of 100 by seasons-to-arrival).

Michigan, 13 seasons
+5.1
Power Program I → Blue Blood.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

20–14 against his rivals. Just 1–6 against Jim Tressel.

Rivalry record
20–14
58.8% · 3 rivals
One-score games
46–26
63.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
9–13
40.9%
Rivalry ledger
Ohio State6–746%
Michigan State9–375%
Notre Dame5–456%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Jim Tressel1–6
7 meetings, 2001–2007
’01 L’02 L’03 W’04 L’05 L’06 L’07 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
9–13 40.9%
Power Program
38–18 67.9%
National Program
34–4 89.5%
Regional Program
40–4 90.9%

Coaching career

1995–2007
Michigansustainer
Power Program I → Blue Blood
Lloyd Carr kept Michigan a national power for 11 seasons.

1st-best Michigan tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Gary Moeller (1990–1994) · succeeded by Rich Rodriguez (2008–2010).

61 NFL Draft picks: Tyrone Wheatley (1995), Ty Law (1995), Trezelle Jenkins (1995), Todd Collins (1995), Matt Dyson (1995), Rod Payne (1997), Damon Denson (1997), William Carr (1997) + 53 more

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