Through the past nine years Pete Carroll has been the head coach for the USC football team. He has led them to 97 wins and only 19 losses. And 7-2 in bowl games, with two National Championships. Unfortunately he has now resigned from head coach and will be coaching for the Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to becoming the USC head coach, Pete Carroll was a coach in the NFL for both the Jets and the New England Patriots. His NFL career is much worse then his NCAA record; with only 33 wins with 31 losses. By looking at these records it is clear which coaching job is meant for him. College football is changing, and with allegations about paying players to come to USC about it is a bit understandable for him to be leaving, but he is leaving a prestige team.
This year USC ended a 6 season record of Pac-10 championships. Even with new players coming into the program Pete Carroll has done very well. For him to pass this all up for another NFL career is terrible. USC’s football program shouldn’t change too much because Lane Kiffin, a former assistant coach to Pete Carroll, has now gotten the head coach job. With a former coach at USC and knowing Pete Carroll’s teaching tactics perhaps USC will do fine in the seasons to come.
I hope that Pete Carroll will do well in the NFL, but I doubt that. Out of the last 4 college coaches that went pro, none of them entered the preseason. This shows how different college football is to the NFL. Pete Carroll may think he made a better decision, but we will find out soon.
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