Jim Carlen

Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (died 2012)

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Born: July 11, 1933
Died: July 22, 2012
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1933

About Jim Carlen

James Anthony Carlen III was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University (1966–1969) and Texas Tech University (1970–1974). He served as both the head football coach and athletic director of the University of South Carolina (1975–1981). Carlen compiled an overall career college football record of 107–69–6. 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 coached the West Virginia Mountaineers from 1966 to 1969 with a record of 25–13–3 (.658).

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Jim Carlen timeline

1966Carlen coached the West Virginia Mountaineers from 1966 to 1969 with a record of 25–13–3 (.658).
1970Then he coached the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1970 to 1974, where he amassed a 37–20–2 record.
1975From 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.

The world when Jim Carlen was born

Jim Carlen was born in 1933. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1933

#1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
Top movieKing Kong
Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
Defining fadChain letters
Notable inventionFM radio
World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jim Carlen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1933	2026
Gas	$0.18	$3.45/gal
Average home	$4,800	$435,000
Average income	$2,300	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.20	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	125.6M	341 million

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