Indiana University Athletics
Former NFL Assistant Hired to Coach Quarterbacks
1/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
January 21, 2001
Bloomington, Ind. -- Head football coach Cam Cameron today announced that Gerald Carr has been hired to serve as the school's quarterbacks coach. In this role, he will also coordinate the team's passing game. Carr, who has 19 years of coaching experience in the National Football League, Arena Football League, and at the Division I-A college level, served this past season as the quarterbacks/wide receivers coach of the Arena Football League's expansion Carolina Cobras. He fills the position on the IU staff vacated by assistant head coach Pete Schmidt who died this past September after a year-long battle with lymphoma. Cameron also announced that Anthony Thompson has been promoted to assistant head coach, a position he held on an interim basis this past season. Along with his new responsibilities, Thompson will continue to coach Indiana's running backs. In addition, Marty Fine will coordinate IU's special teams while retaining his present position as tight ends coach.
"I am very pleased to add someone of Gerald's experience to our staff," said head coach Cam Cameron. "He is an excellent teacher and will play an instrumental role in the continued development of our offense. I also expect him to bring great energy and enthusiasm to our program."
Said Carr, "I am really looking forward to joining the Indiana staff and to be afforded the opportunity to coach in the Big Ten Conference. Over the past few years, Indiana has had a very impressive offensive football team and I am hopeful that I will be able to assist with its continued success and improvement."
A 14-year veteran of the Division I-A coaching ranks, Carr coached at Wake Forest in 1999 and helped lead the team to a victory over Arizona State in the Aloha Bowl following that season. As the wide receivers coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1995-98, Carr tutored Pro Bowl wide receiver Irving Fryar and helped the Eagles to playoff appearances following the 1995 and 1996 campaigns. In 1996, Fryar set the Eagles single-season record in receptions with 88. This past season, Carr was instrumental in the offensive improvement of the expansion Carolina Cobras as the club won two of its final three games and averaged 60.7 points per contest during that span, the third-best point total in the league over that stretch of games.
A native of Davidson, N.C., Carr, 41, prepped at North Mecklenburg High School before playing quarterback at Southern Illinois University where he earned a degree in administrative science. He began his coaching career at the school and enjoyed coaching stints at Davidson (1982-85), Akron (1986-88), Washington State (1989-90), Arizona (1991), and North Carolina (1992-94).
