Sport
Basketball
Years coaching:
32
Coaching Highlights::
Contact Information:
Percy.Carr@sjcc.edu |
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Percy Carr is entering his 32nd year as Head Basketball Coach for the Jaguars. In Coach Carr's tenure, the Jaguars have gone to the playoffs 27 of 28 years. He has guided 8 different Jaguar teams to the State Championships. In 1989, Percy Carr was honored as Santa Clara County Coach of the Year. In 1994, Percy was honored as the Sacramento Kings Northern California Coach of the Year. In March 1998, he was inducted to the California Community College Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame and was ranked 6th JC coach in the USA by Basketball Times, August 1998. And in September 2000, Coach Carr was honored by the 100 Black Men of the Silicon Valley Organization as the Educator of the Year.
Percy Carr has been involved in coaching California basketball for more than 32 years. After graduating from Fresno State with Bachelor and Master Degrees in Physical Education , Coach Carr began his teaching and coaching career at his alma mater Tulare High School. Coach Carr soon moved to Edison High School where as head coach his teams compiled a 88-22 record including 2 championships. Because of Edison's great success and Coach Carr's commitment to the community, Percy Carr was honored as Fresno Coach of the Year.
After his years at Edison, Coach Carr accepted a position at Stanford, the Cardinal defeated both USC and eventual NCAA Champion UCLA on the same weekend; a feat not accomplished in more than ten years by any Pac-10 team. With his success at Stanford and Edison High School, Coach Carr accepted the head basketball coaching position at San Jose City College.
Coach Carr is the winningest basketball coach in Jaguar history and is the winningest active coach in California. With 721 wins and eighteen 20+ win seasons (including 32 wins in 1996-97 & 2000-01, 31 wins in 1997-98, and 30 wins in 1993-94), Coach Carr is one of the most respected coaches in the country. Besides Coach Carr's excellent record on the basketball floor, his C.A.R.R. Program (Creative Athletic Retention Response), which is an academic program that involves all the student athletes at San Jose City College, is on the cutting edge of athletic/academic advising. This program is the only one of its kind for community college athletes in California.
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