Mark Carr
August 11, 2008 04:29 PM | General
Assistant Coach
Mark.Carr@mail.wvu.edu
(304) 293-9887
Mark Carr enters his second full-time season with the Mountaineers and third overall after serving as a graduate assistant in 2007. Carr is responsible for training the goalkeepers and assisting in the day-to-day operations of the program, and is heavily involved in recruiting.
Last year, Carr helped guide goalkeeper Zach Johnson to a nationally acclaimed season and one of the best in program history. Under Carr’s tutelage, Johnson earned BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year honors – becoming only the second Mountaineer to achieve the feat. Johnson finished the season with a 0.862 save percentage (fifth best in the nation) and a 0.64 goals-against average clip (19th-best nationally).
Carr also played a major role in the team’s second-straight Top 30 recruiting class, according to CollegeSoccerNews. The 16-member group, ranked No. 26, was highlighted by Raymon Gaddis, Declan Coll and Alex Silva.
In 2007, Carr played a key factor in WVU’s berth into the NCAA tournament’s “Sweet 16.” West Virginia knocked off three top 10 teams, including No. 1 Connecticut at home, and wins at No. 5 Duke and No. 6 Maryland on the road. WVU also set school records for shutouts in a season (14), fewest goals allowed in a season (11), a six-game shutout streak and Dan Stratford broke the school’s all-time assists mark (27).
The Bloomington, Minn., native came to West Virginia from Elmira College in New York, where he was the head coach for three seasons. Elmira had five players named Empire 8 all-Conference and featured the 2006 Empire 8 Rookie of the Year on its squad under Carr. Four of his players were named NSCAA East Regional Academic All-Americans, excelling in the classroom as well as on the field.
In addition to developing players, Carr was involved in scheduling, fundraising, equipment and score reporting to the media. Carr served as the Director of Intramurals at the school for three years and was the Director of the Fitness Center in 2006. He also obtained a master’s of science in education from Elmira in 2006.
Carr is a 2003 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he earned a bachelor of arts in history. While at VMI, he was a four-year starter for the Keydets, a team captain and a member of the Southern Conference All-Academic Team.
Carr is a member of the NSCAA and holds NSCAA National and Advanced National Diplomas.
He resides in Morgantown.
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