Henderson, Nev. – Pete Carroll can be almost anywhere, doing almost everything that comes to mind after he performed as much as the coach who received the championship in college, and in the NFL, the multimillion -dollar contracts that he received as a reward for such efforts.
But a year later, the 74-year-old Carroll decided to return to accept the call Las Vegas Raiders Franchise This has passed more than two decades since it approached the Super Cup.
“It's not about doing something to say that you were worthy,” Carroll said at his introductory press conference in January. “This is what you are going to do next, what matters.”
This seems to be a common topic for Carroll and other coaches of 70 years and older. They flourish at competitions, and leisurely pension, it seems, is not as attractive as drawing up games of games and the development of athletes.
Carroll is the only NFL coach at this age, although Andy Raid from Kansas -City, at 67, is not very far behind.
There are a number of other well -known Septuegenarians not only still training, but also do it at a high level.
71 -Jeno Aurhemme headed the women's basketball team of Connecticut To the NCAA title last season12th Husky under his watch.
Kelvin Sampson, who turns 70 on Sunday, cooked the basketball team of Houston, who came Ultimately Victories at the National Championship last season. The proven winners of St. John Rick Pitino (73), Tom Prozo of Michigan (70) and Rick Barnes from Tennessee (71) returned to another season.
Seventy -year -old Kirk Ferenz has been heading football Aiova since 1999, and North Carolina has been under the leadership College from the college newcomer Bill Belichik73-year-old six-time champion of the Super Cup in New England.
Dusty Baker, from pensioners, was 73 years old when he Houston controlled the World Series title in 2022. Stanford basketball coach and Hall of Glory Tara Vanderier retired last year at 70Field
Robert W. Turner II, assistant professor at the University of Duke and the aging center, said that successful elderly coaches have an advantage over most of the population, mainly because they have been well compensated for many years.
“People live longer, but there are people who have funds,” said Turner, who played college and professional football. “These are people who are economically, educational, in the environment there are resources to help them live healthy and longer. Therefore, if they have mental severity, there is no reason why they do not need to be pulled out of the labor market. ”
Coaches are not the only ones who work later in life.
According to the Occupational Statistics Bureau, people 50 years and older are about a third of the labor force, and these 65 years or more old are approximately 6%.
Karly Rozkovsky, AARP Vice President for Financial Stability, said that employees 75 years and older are “the fastest growing labor segment” and, according to forecasts, amount to 11.7% of the labor market in 2030.
She said that falling birth rates mean that by 2034 there will be more workers at the age of 65 and older than 18 years, and Rozkovsky added that many workers are afraid to not have adequate pension savings.
But while the Aarp survey showed that 98% of elderly workers continued to work for financial reasons, 88% also wanted to “feel useful”, and 86% liked the idea to remain active.
“People stay healthier longer,” said Rozkovsky. “We know that the continuation of work has many benefits for health. You do not stay away from this social isolation. You remain mobile with a job. For most people you travel or go to a place. You are moving. You continue to use your brain. ”
It is one thing to want to work, but besides those who manage their own business, employers should also be ready to hire or hold those who usually be in retirement age.
In particular, sports in college showed that sports directors are ready to make such hires. Whether in college or professionals, however, white men, as a rule, get more opportunities to work later in life, often get a lot of chances to continue managing or training.
Turner said, because black men do not receive many opportunities for the head coach, this narrows the chances that they work in this area later in life.
“With those who get the opportunity, I think that there is convincing evidence that they get a much shorter reason than white coaches,” Turner said. “And they get less than the second, third and fourth chance than white coaches.”
Women also, in the visible, less often train at the end of life, and someone like a vander is a rarity.
“What was the size of her group of peers, when did she start?” Turner said. “Then, over the years, we know that a group of peers that she came began to contract for various reasons. In basketball, she is what we would call a superger. She was very successful. She was able to take care of herself. But she (was) in the conditions where they value her. ”
Vanderveer captured three national championships in Stanford, won 1216 games (for only aurimium) and coached the United States in Olympic gold in 1996.
Showing his ability to treat young players, Vandervir won her The last national title Just five years ago.
“Age has never been a decisive factor in my construction of relations with the players,” Vandervir said in an email. “The key throughout my career was focused on helping each player achieve their goals. Since I became older and had more experience, in a sense it became easier, and not more complicated! ”
Despite this, Vandervir said that, faced with various problems in her career, she had to remind herself: “You did it before.”
In Las Vegas, Carroll has the same advantage of experience, but it is more far-sighted than consumed in the past.
“I am in good shape,” said Carroll, who won the championships during previous stops at the USC and with Seattle Sihox. “I'm ready. I am a sharp razor. “
And he is more active than many people decades younger than him.
Carroll's energy and enthusiasm, it seems, are in infinite reserve.
“You cannot come here and have less energy than it,” said the wide receiver Raiders Jakobi Meyers.
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AP sports writer Jeni McColi contributed to this report.
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