Jim Carlen
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| Jim Carlen | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 107–69–6 | |
| Bowls | 2-5-1 | |
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| Southern Conference (1967) | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1966-1969 1970-1974 1975-1981 |
West Virginia Texas Tech South Carolina |
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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. He has a bowl record of 2–5–1.
[edit] Coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl Game | Bowl Opponent | Outcome | Rank# |
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| West Virginia (Southern) (1966 — 1967) | ||||||||
| 1966 | West Virginia | 3–5–2 | 3–0 | 2 | ||||
| 1967 | West Virginia | 5–4–1 | 3–0 | 1 | ||||
| West Virginia (Independent) (1966 — 1969) | ||||||||
| 1968 | West Virginia | 7–3 | ||||||
| 1969 | West Virginia | 10–1 | Peach Bowl | South Carolina | W, 14–3 | 19 | ||
| At West Virginia: | 25–13–3 | 6–0 | ||||||
| Texas Tech (Southwest) (1970 — 1974) | ||||||||
| 1970 | Texas Tech | 8–4 | Sun Bowl | Georgia Tech | L, 9–17 | |||
| 1971 | Texas Tech | 4–7 | ||||||
| 1972 | Texas Tech | 8–4 | Sun Bowl | North Carolina | L, 28–32 | |||
| 1973 | Texas Tech | 11–1 | Gator Bowl | Tennessee | W, 28–19 | 11 | ||
| 1974 | Texas Tech | 6–4–2 | Peach Bowl | Vanderbilt | T, 6–6 | |||
| At Texas Tech: | 37–20–2 | |||||||
| South Carolina (Independent) (1975 — 1981) | ||||||||
| 1975 | South Carolina | 7–5 | Tangerine Bowl | Miami OH | L, 7–20 | |||
| 1976 | South Carolina | 6–5 | ||||||
| 1977 | South Carolina | 5–7 | ||||||
| 1978 | South Carolina | 5–5–1 | ||||||
| 1979 | South Carolina | 8–4 | Hall of Fame Bowl | Missouri | L, 14–24 | |||
| 1980 | South Carolina | 8–4 | Gator Bowl | Pittsburgh | L, 9–37 | |||
| 1981 | South Carolina | 6–6 | ||||||
| At South Carolina: | 45–36–1 | |||||||
| Career: | 107–69–6 | |||||||
| National Championship Conference Title | ||||||||
| #Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. | ||||||||
| Preceded by Gene Corum |
West Virginia Head Football Coach 1966–1969 |
Succeeded by Bobby Bowden |
| Preceded by J. T. King |
Texas Tech Head Football Coach 1970–1974 |
Succeeded by Steve Sloan |
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