Jim Carlen

Jim Carlen
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	July 11, 1933 (1933-07-11) Cookeville, Tennessee
Playing career
1953–1954	Georgia Tech
Position(s)	Linebacker, punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1960 1961–1965 1966–1969 1970–1974 1975–1981	Georgia Tech (freshmen) Georgia Tech (defense) West Virginia Texas Tech South Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1975–1981	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	107–69–6
Bowls	2–5–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 SoCon (1967)

James A. Carlen (born July 11, 1933) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at West Virginia University (1966–1969), Texas Tech University (1970–1974), and the University of South Carolina (1975–1981), compiling a career college football record of 107–69–6.

Carlen coached the West Virginia Mountaineers from 1966 to 1969 with a record of 25–13–3 (.658). Then 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 where he coached Heisman Trophy running back George Rogers and compiled a 45–36–1 record. Carlen 45 wins are third most in the program's history after Rex Enright's 64 and Steve Spurrier's 49 (as of October 11, 2011). In 1979 and 1980, Carlen led the Gamecocks to consecutive 8–4 campaigns with appearancess in the Hall of Fame Classic and Gator Bowl. His career bowl game record is 2–5–1.

In July 2008, Carlen was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Honor.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
West Virginia Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1966–1967)
1966	West Virginia	3–5–2	3–0	2nd
1967	West Virginia	5–4–1	3–0–1	1st
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1966–1969)
1968	West Virginia	7–3
1969	West Virginia	10–1			W Peach	18	17
West Virginia:		25–13–3	6–0–1
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Southwest Conference) (1970–1974)
1970	Texas Tech	8–4	5–2	3rd	L Sun
1971	Texas Tech	4–7	2–5	7th
1972	Texas Tech	8–4	4–3	T–2nd	L Sun
1973	Texas Tech	11–1	6–1	2nd	W Gator	11	11
1974	Texas Tech	6–4–2	3–4	6th	T Peach
Texas Tech:		37–20–2	20–15
South Carolina Gamecocks (Independent) (1975–1981)
1975	South Carolina	7–5			L Tangerine
1976	South Carolina	6–5
1977	South Carolina	5–7
1978	South Carolina	5–5–1
1979	South Carolina	8–4			L Hall of Fame Classic
1980	South Carolina	8–4			L Gator
1981	South Carolina	6–6
South Carolina:		45–36–1
Total:		107–69–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• Jim Carlen at the College Football Data Warehouse