ABOUT
KERRY MAJOR CARR
The longest-tenured and winningest volleyball coach in program history, Kerry Carr retired after her 19th season as the Head Volleyball Coach of the University of Pennsylvania to pursue her own college consulting and real estate businesses. Under her tutelage, Penn collected five Ivy League championships and nine 15-win seasons, highlighted most recently by back-to-back Ivy League titles and NCAA Championship appearances in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, Carr also became the program's all-time leader in victories.
Prior to her appointment as head coach at Penn, Carr spent three years at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She began her tenure at Alaska as an assistant coach in 1995 before becoming the head coach in 1996.
Before becoming a part of the Anchorage staff, Carr served as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii in 1993 and 1994. While there she helped Hawaii record a 44-16 mark and two NCAA Tournament berths, including a trip to the Elite Eight. Carr also served as an assistant coach at Georgetown.
Carr earned a bachelor's degree in economics from William & Mary in 1990. She then completed her master's degree in education administration of higher education at Hawaii in 1994.
Carr completed a four-year tenure on the NCAA Volleyball Rules Committee, serving as chair during the 2006-07 term. She received the Meritorious Service Award in 1999 from USA Volleyball for contributing outstanding participation, motivation and other services in the promotion of volleyball.
Most recently Carr traveled to Rwanda, Africa with the University of Pennsylvania's Engineering Global Service group, teaching volleyball to school children while assisting Penn students in finding ways to bring clean water to the local health clinics.
Carr and her husband David have two children, Benjamin Major Carr (13) and Sarah Anne Carr (12).
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