Jim Carlen

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Jim Carlen was a head football coach at West Virginia, Texas Tech, and South Carolina.

Carlen coached the West Virginia Mountaineers from 1966 to 1969 with a record of 25-13-3 (.658), which is better percentage-wise than Bobby Bowden's 42-26 (.618). Next, he coached the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1970 to 1974, where he amassed a 37-20-2 record. From 1975 to 1981, he was the head football coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks but was fired after compiling a 45-36-1 record.

Preceded by
J.T. King
Texas Tech Head Football Coach
19701974
Succeeded by
Steve Sloan
Preceded by
Gene Corum
West Virginia Head Football Coach
19661969
Succeeded by
Bobby Bowden

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