Darren Carr, Bakersfield Christian High School Football Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Episode 356
Darren Carr coaches high school football at Bakersfield Christian High School in California. He's also the middle brother of former NFL QB David Carr and Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr.
Darren played his college football at Bakersfield College and the University of Houston. He became the head coach of Bakersfield Christian in 2015 and has his brother David and Dad Rodger on his coaching staff.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Darren about growing up in a football family, where his faith in Christ became real, watching his brother play QB with the Raiders and dealing with the backlash from the outside critics.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 1:08.4 | Today on the podcast, we have a conversation with the middle brother of the Carr football family, Darren Carr. |
| 1:17.0 | Of course, Darren's older brother is David Carr, who played for a decade in the NFL, |
| 1:22.0 | the former number one overall pick in 2002 by the Houston Texans. |
| 1:26.2 | And his younger brother, and I'm sure you've heard of him his |
| 1:29.6 | name is Derek Carr and he's the quarterback of the Oakland Raiders and this was a lot of fun talking |
| 1:35.0 | to Darren Carr about the Carr family but even about the things that Darren has walked through in |
| 1:40.5 | his life he is the head coach at Bakersfield Christian High School in |
| 1:45.3 | Bakersfield, California. And interestingly enough, his brother, David, is the offensive |
| 1:51.9 | coordinator. His dad is the quarterback's coach. And his cousin Mike works on the offensive line |
| 1:57.6 | and defensive lines on the JVM varsity team. |
| 2:01.0 | So he's made this a family affair. |
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