DALLAS, Nov. 15, 2011 - The University of Michigan and The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will jointly honor Coach Lloyd Carr with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments®, on Nov. 19 during the game between the Wolverines and the University of Nebraska. Coverage of the game will start at 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.

"It's an unbelievable honor," Carr told the Detroit Free Press when his induction was announced in May. "If you're a college football coach and you have the great fortune to have the players that I had, that's really how I got there. You don't win games, you don't do the things this program's done unless you have not only great athletes, but great people who are willing to be part of a team and play a role. Their unselfishness is really the key."

The NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute program is a hallowed tradition that began with the inaugural class in 1951, and to this day the salutes remain the first of numerous activities in each inductee's Hall of Fame experience. During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, each inductee returns to his alma mater to accept a Hall of Fame plaque that will remain on permanent display at the institution. The events take place on the field during a home game, and many inductees cite the experience as the ultimate capstone to their careers, providing them one more chance to take the field and hear the crowd roar their name.

"Lloyd Carr stands among the winningest coaches in college football history with multiple spots in the NCAA Record Book as well as a national championship to his credit," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "But more important is what he stands for and his reputation as a man of integrity with an unequalled passion for mentoring the student-athletes who played for him. We are thrilled be honoring him and we look forward to celebrating his career with the Michigan fans on November 19."

The head coach of Michigan's first national championship team in nearly half a century, Carr posted a .753 winning percentage with a 122-40-0 record and captured five Big Ten championships during his 13-year tenure in Ann Arbor from 1995-2007.

A winner from the start, Carr directed the largest comeback in school history to earn his first win at Michigan, reversing a 17-0 fourth-quarter deficit versus No. 17 Virginia to garner an 18-17 victory. Carr guided the Wolverines to the 1997 national championship and helped Charles Woodson win the Heisman Trophy during that season. He twice won back-to-back league titles and won the 2000 Orange Bowl over No. 5 Alabama, 35-34 in overtime. Carr posted an 81-23 mark in Big Ten games, never won less than five league contests a season, and won six or more Big Ten games 10 times. He also posted an 18-9 record against Top 10 teams.

A unanimous national Coach of the Year in 1997, Carr's players won 14 national awards and 23 players earned First Team All-America honors. Four of his players achieved Academic All-America honors, and at least one Wolverine earned First Team All-America accolades in 12 of his 13 seasons on campus. Carr originally arrived at Michigan in 1980 as an assistant coach for 15 seasons under Bo Schembechler (1980-89) and then Gary Moeller (1990-94). During his stay in Ann Arbor, he helped the Wolverines win 13 Big Ten championships in all.

An avid supporter of women's athletics, Carr endowed a scholarship dedicated to a woman student-athlete. He initiated the Women's Football Academy, whose proceeds benefit the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also served as the co-chair of the capital campaign for the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, and earlier this year, the seventh floor of hospital was named the Coach Carr Pediatric Cancer Center Unit. Carr has served on the NCAA Rules Committee, the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees and as the chairperson of the Special Olympics Golf Outing. He and his wife Laurie have six children and 11 grandchildren and reside in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Carr becomes the sixth coach who headed the Wolverine program to be inducted, including (with year of induction) Fielding Yost (1951), Fritz Crisler (1954), George Little (1955), Elton "Tad" Wieman (1956), and Bo Schembechler (1993). Michigan has 29 players in the Hall, including recent inductees Desmond Howard (2010), Dave Brown (2007), Tom Curtis (2005), James Mandich (2004), and Reggie McKenzie (2002). Including the 2011 FBS class, only 900 players and 194 coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame from the nearly five million people who have played or coached the game over the past 143 years. In other words, less than .0002 percent of those who have set foot on the gridiron have earned the distinction. For a complete list of players and coaches in the hall, please visit www.collegefootball.org.

This year's class includes: Carlos Alvarez (Florida), Doug English (Texas), Bill Enyart (Oregon State), Eddie George (Ohio State), Marty Lyons (Alabama), Russell Maryland (Miami, Fla.), Deion Sanders (Florida State), Jake Scott (Georgia), Will Shields (Nebraska), Sandy Stephens (Minnesota), Darryl Talley (West Virginia), Clendon Thomas (Oklahoma), Rob Waldrop (Arizona), Gene Washington (Michigan State), coach Lloyd Carr (Michigan), and coach Fisher DeBerry (Air Force).

The 2011 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted at the 54th NFF Annual Awards Dinner, held at New York City's historic Waldorf=Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, December 6. For tickets, please contact Will Rudd at wrudd@footballfoundation.com or by calling 972-556-1000.

The 2011 season marks the second season that Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of not-for-profit workplace retirement savings plans in higher education¹, is serving as the national presenting sponsor of the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes. In August, the NFF and Fidelity announced an expanded multi-year initiative between the two organizations to celebrate the scholar-athlete ideal and a joint commitment to higher education. The salutes are one component of the sponsorship, which also includes Fidelity being named the first presenting sponsor of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards in the 53-year history of the program.