He and his No-jans are without a doubt the most overrated coach and team in college football. Their "fame" consists entirely of the biased West Coast media's obsession with them. They play no one and ride that flimsy schedule to a top 5 rating. Carroll and USC got a little reality put on them by UT back in '06 in Southern Cal's backyard, courtesy of Vince Young, and company.
Honestly, how much coaching skill can it take to win the PAC-10? The real skill comes in trying to make everyone else believe that USC is really No. 1 every year.

Carroll a college football coach? It may be an understatement when you consider that his USC Trojans have been as dominant as they have been for the last six years. Consider, that under Carroll, the Men of Troy have been two BCS title bowl games with two national titles (one being undisputed), have won five bowls out of seven consecutive bowl appearances, six consecutive years as the Pac-10 champions, a winning percentage of 84.4%, more than twenty first team All-Americans, and three Heisman winners to boot, it isn't hard to argue that Carroll ought to be considered one of the best coaches in all sports. In a span of five years, the Carroll-led Trojans have accomplished what most career college coaches would have loved to have accomplished within their programs. Needless to say, USC has led every year for the last few years in recruiting the nation's best high school football prodigies, and Carroll has made the Trojans into a deep-in-depth college football juggernaut. A coach with a knack for bringing out the best out of his players (and known for being a player's coach), Carroll is respected and beloved by his Trojan players.

But being a great college coach rarely makes one a success at the professional football level, and the list of successful coaches from college gridirons attest to this. With the exceptions of the late former San Francisco 49ers coach, Bill Walsh, and Dallas Cowboys coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer (the latter who inherited a successful team from the former) having bucked the trend, the landscape is littered with college football coaches who have tried to bring their Saturday gridiron glory to the Sundays, and have yet failed miserably: Dennis Erickson, Bobby Petrino, Lou Holtz, Nick Saban, Jim McKay, John Robinson, Butch Davis and etc. Like these coaches, Pete Carroll is first and foremost a COLLEGE FOOTBALL coach, and any move to the NFL, especially to a sorry, hapless, going-nowhere-fast Atlanta Falcons team would only tarnish his already growing legacy of great football coaching. In short. Pete Carroll is a great college football coach and ought to stay where he is an icon of college football.

No other coach in the country has had Pete's success rate over the last five years.

take a crap u stupid moron
Florida would eat u alive

I have often wondered if it was him or his buffet of talented players year in year out.

Horrible NFL coach, but a legend college football coach. He led a mediocre 6-6 squad who lost to Utah in Emerald Bowl in 2001, to a college football powerhouse.

Carroll's done a great job with USC, no doubt. I'm an Oklahoma fan, so you can imagine how hard it is for me to say that. However, I'm also from Boston, so I know a little about Carroll's coaching ability. He did a poor job with the Patriots. It's just that simple. He'll never go pro again. He cares more about being well-liked than he does about coaching a good game, which is a huge liability in the pros but a huge asset in college (it helps recruiting). He'd be a moron to go back to the pros. You don't have to be an asshole (Bill Parcells) to be a good pro coach, but you do have to want to win more than anything else (Bill Belicheck).

I don't care much for USC, buts its impossible to argue that Pete Carroll hasn't done a great job with their program. He has made USC football high profile, and this attracts top kids to play for him. Not only has he done a great job recruiting, but he wins big games also.

If he wins the 2006 Rose Bowl, he needs to go to the NFL. He's done everything he can in college, and I think he should go for something harder and more challenging. I applaud Steve Spurrier for at least giving the NFL a try.

back to back???

OK so far. Could be great. Time will tell. Does seem to have a VERY close relationship with his players. Too much hugging for me.

Alot of close calls for a team that the apple polishers say could beat certain NFL teams. No title this year is my prediction and I notice that two very talented running backs are vital to the success that has been enjoyed by Pete to this point. It will be interesting to see what he can do once they are gone.

Don't like him.

Excellent recruiter, but horrible person

Please understand, I dont like the University of Spoiled Children. However, the results this coach has managed to produce speak for themself. His team has had great season every year he's been at USC. He's had quite a few first round draft picks, he's just done a great job, even if I don't like the school.

Definitely one of the best. USC was down and out before he arrived. The results speak for themselves.

Absolutely incredible coach. After a 6-6 rookie season, Carroll's Trojans have gone 36-3, won two national championships, won two Heismans, and have a perfect 3-0 record in BCS bowls. Anyone who doesn't recognize him as a 5 star coach is clearly biased. How can Bob Stoops be rated higher after the Orange Bowl?

PLEASE, WHEN THIS MAN ACTUALLY PLAYS A LIGIT SCHEDULE THEN WE WILL TALK GOOD COACH BUT IF U HAVE ONE GOOD GAME AGAINST OKLAHOMA YOU CAN'T SAY HE IS THE BEST. GOOD RECRUITER.......GOT A LOT TO PROVE. (ESPN, GET OVER PETE CARROL AND SOUTHERN CAL !!!!!!!!!!! ;)

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Back to Back National Champs. Sounds great to me.

Absolutely amaazing coach, plays competition and wins national championships.

HE WILL WIN 5 NATIONAL TILES AT USC IN 7 YEARS!

Top recruiter. Excellent motivator. Surrounds himself with great assistants, and continues to develop them.

Benefits from having great assistant coaches. Will flame out when Norm Chow leaves Los Angeles.

Second national titl in very few years, yes he will kill Oklahoma.

Excellent coach who has found at home at 'SC. He'll have the Trojans condending for National Championships for a decade and beyond.

This Coach belongs in the Top 5.

About time he is rising.

Come on, recruits better than anyone in the nation. Top Ten Coach.

Won a National Title!

He won a National Championship, and rebuilded the USC football powerhouse... nuff said.

Oh my lord, look at that goofy picture of him. Anyway, he proved he'snot much more that a crybaby when he tried to steal a NC from the BCS. He should be ashamed that he counts a NC by a Newspaper claim. Those days are over. Look at the weak schedule they play. Lets just see what he brings in about 5 years.