Pete Carroll is a 71-year-old American football coach. He serves as head coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.
In the past, he’s coached for the New York Jets, the New England Patriots, and the USC Trojans. He’s one of three coaches who’ve won both a Super Bowl and a college football championship. Carroll’s the oldest head coach working in the NFL.
In April 2009, Carroll launched CampPete.com, a multi-player online game “billed as a ground-breaking Web site aimed at bringing Coach Carroll’s unique Win Forever philosophy to kids all over the country by taking advantage of one of the hottest technology trends online, the virtual world.”
The site, which can be accessed by creating a virtual avatar, includes arcade-style games, motivational messages from Coach Carroll, and a sports trivia section as well as a collection of virtual football skills workshops for kids. A portion of the proceeds from CampPete.com goes to support A Better LA.
What religion is Pete Carroll? Is Pete Carroll a Christian?
Carroll belongs to the Christianity religion, and he is a Christian. Pete says that he is a “blend of Methodist-Episcopal with Zoroastrianism”. Because of his faith, he refuses to eat poultry and shellfish from the same plate.
Carroll was born on September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California, the son of Rita Ban and James Edward “Jim” Carroll. Two of his paternal great-grandparents were Irish immigrants, and his Croatian maternal grandparents emigrated from around the region of Šibenik.
Carroll was raised in Greenbrae, California, and attended Greenbrae School. Carroll attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California. He was a multi-sport star in football playing quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back, basketball, and baseball, earning the school’s Athlete of the Year honors as a senior in 1969.
Carroll was inducted into the charter class of the Redwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2009.
Source: nflfaqs.com
