Top 25
41-27
- Games
- 68
- Win rate
- 60.3%
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Lloyd Carr
1995-2007 • Michigan
One defining program at Michigan.
Lloyd Carr coached 13 seasons, won 75.3%, and posted an average SRS of 16.3. Best season: 1997 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 122-40
- Career win rate
- 75.3%
- Average SRS
- 16.3
- Peak SRS
- 21.5
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 92.4
Primary school anchor
Michigan
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.4.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Lloyd Carr
EliteStrongAverageLean
1995Actual season year • SRS range 11.6 to 21.52007
Active comparison point
Lloyd Carr • 1997
1997 Michigan
Best season12-0 • SRS 21.5 • SP Overall 26.4
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+6.3
SP Off / Def
34.2 / 8.3
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
15-10
- Games
- 25
- Win rate
- 60.0%
Top 5
7-6
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 53.8%
View ranked game results68
| 2007 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Ohio State | #7 | L3-14 |
| 2007 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Penn State | #10 | W14-9 |
| 2007 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Florida | #13 | W41-35 |
| 2006 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Ohio State | #1 | L39-42 |
| 2006 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #2 | W47-21 |
| 2006 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | USC | #4 | L18-32 |
| 2005 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Ohio State | #9 | L21-25 |
| 2005 Regular Week 9 | Michigan | Northwestern | #21 | W33-17 |
| 2005 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Penn State | #8 | W27-25 |
| 2005 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Michigan State | #11 | W34-31 |
| 2005 Regular Week 2 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #20 | L10-17 |
| 2005 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Nebraska | #24 | L28-32 |
| 2004 Regular Week 9 | Michigan | Purdue | #12 | W16-14 |
| 2004 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Minnesota | #13 | W27-24 |
| 2004 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Texas | #5 | L37-38 |
| 2003 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #4 | W35-21 |
| 2003 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Michigan State | #9 | W27-20 |
| 2003 Regular Week 10 | Michigan | Purdue | #10 | W31-3 |
| 2003 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Minnesota | #17 | W38-35 |
| 2003 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Iowa | #23 | L27-30 |
| 2003 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Oregon | #22 | L27-31 |
| 2003 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #15 | W38-0 |
| 2003 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | USC | #1 | L14-28 |
| 2002 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #2 | L9-14 |
| 2002 Regular Week 10 | Michigan | Iowa | #13 | L9-34 |
| 2002 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Penn State | #15 | W27-24 |
| 2002 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #20 | L23-25 |
| 2002 Regular Week 2 | Michigan | Washington | #11 | W31-29 |
| 2002 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Florida | #22 | W38-30 |
| 2001 Regular Week 8 | Michigan | Purdue | #17 | W24-10 |
| 2001 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Illinois | #22 | W45-20 |
| 2001 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Washington | #15 | L18-23 |
| 2001 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Tennessee | #8 | L17-45 |
| 2000 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #12 | W38-26 |
| 2000 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Northwestern | #21 | L51-54 |
| 2000 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #17 | W13-10 |
| 2000 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Illinois | #19 | W35-31 |
| 2000 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | UCLA | #14 | L20-23 |
| 2000 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Auburn | #18 | W31-28 |
| 1999 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Penn State | #6 | W31-27 |
| 1999 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Michigan State | #11 | L31-34 |
| 1999 Regular Week 6 | Michigan | Purdue | #11 | W38-12 |
| 1999 Regular Week 5 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #20 | W21-16 |
| 1999 Regular Week 2 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #16 | W26-22 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Alabama | #8 | W35-34 |
| 1998 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Ohio State | #5 | L16-31 |
| 1998 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #13 | W27-10 |
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Michigan | Penn State | #19 | W27-0 |
| 1998 Regular Week 3 | Michigan | Syracuse | #13 | L28-38 |
| 1998 Regular Week 2 | Michigan | Notre Dame | #10 | L20-36 |
| 1998 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Arkansas | #16 | W45-31 |
| 1997 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #4 | W20-14 |
| 1997 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Wisconsin | #23 | W26-16 |
| 1997 Regular Week 12 | Michigan | Penn State | #2 | W34-8 |
| 1997 Regular Week 10 | Michigan | Michigan State | #15 | W23-7 |
| 1997 Regular Week 9 | Michigan | Iowa | #15 | W28-24 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Colorado | #8 | W27-3 |
| 1997 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Washington State | #9 | W21-16 |
| 1996 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #2 | W13-9 |
| 1996 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Penn State | #11 | L17-29 |
| 1996 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Northwestern | #22 | L16-17 |
| 1996 Regular Week 4 | Michigan | Colorado | #5 | W20-13 |
| 1996 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Alabama | #11 | L14-17 |
| 1995 Regular Week 14 | Michigan | Ohio State | #2 | W31-23 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Michigan | Penn State | #19 | L17-27 |
| 1995 Regular Week 7 | Michigan | Northwestern | #25 | L13-19 |
| 1995 Regular Week 2 | Michigan | Illinois | #25 | W38-14 |
| 1995 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan | Texas A&M | #15 | L20-22 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Michigan
1995-2007 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 16.3 • Win % 75.3%
- Longest tenure
- Michigan • 13 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan • 16.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan • 75.3%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Lloyd Carr sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeLloyd Carr sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Lloyd Carr
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 20.3
- Percentile
- 98th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Michigan
1995-2007 • 122-40
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 16.3Win % 75.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.4 during vs 8.8 baseline
+0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.3 during vs 20.8 baseline
-4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
20.3 during vs 24.2 baseline
-3.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
92.3% during vs 100.0% baseline
-7.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Michigan 1997
12-0 • SRS 21.5
Biggest Improvement
Michigan 2003
10-3 • 6.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Michigan 2003
10-3 • SP Off 42.4
Best Defensive Season
Michigan 1997
12-0 • SP Def 8.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Michigan 2007
9-4 • SRS 11.6
Biggest Drop
Michigan 1998
10-3 • -7.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Michigan | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #5 | #18 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 32.5 | 18.1 | -6.6 | -15.4% |
| Michigan | 2006 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #14 | #8 | 18.2 | 22.6 | 32.3 | 9.9 | +0.3 | +26.3% |
| Michigan | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #4 | — | 17.9 | 18.1 | 33.9 | 15.8 | +4.7 | -16.7% |
| Michigan | 2004 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #8 | #14 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 40.3 | 25.5 | -7.2 | -1.9% |
| Michigan | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #4 | #6 | 20.4 | 24.0 | 42.4 | 20.0 | +6.6 | 0.0% |
| Michigan | 2002 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #12 | #9 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 39.1 | 19.1 | +0.6 | +10.3% |
| Michigan | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #12 | #20 | 13.2 | 19.2 | 36.6 | 19.1 | -2.8 | -8.3% |
| Michigan | 2000 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #6 | #11 | 16.0 | 19.1 | 40.1 | 23.7 | -3.0 | -8.3% |
| Michigan | 1999 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #8 | #5 | 19.0 | 24.6 | 41.7 | 18.9 | +4.9 | +6.4% |
| Michigan | 1998 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #5 | #12 | 14.1 | 19.0 | 35.9 | 18.9 | -7.4 | -23.1% |
| Michigan | 1997 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #14 | #1 | 21.5 | 26.4 | 34.2 | 8.3 | +6.3 | +33.3% |
| Michigan | 1996 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #14 | #20 | 15.2 | 18.6 | 31.4 | 14.1 | -2.2 | -2.6% |
| Michigan | 1995 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #14 | #17 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 35.3 | 16.5 | — | — |
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