Personal
Carroll's wife Glena (née Goranson) played indoor volleyball at the University of the Pacific. Together they have three children: elder son Brennan, daughter Jaime, and younger son Nathan. Through Brennan and his wife Amber, he has one grandchild, Dillon Brennan Carroll. Carroll is a celebrity "Deadhead" which is a fan of the jam band The Grateful Dead.
Brennan Carroll played tight end at the University of Pittsburgh after transferring from University of Delaware; he graduated from Pitt in 2001 and joined his father as a graduate assistant (he is now an assistant coach). Jaime Carroll started attending USC in the fall of 2000, several months before her father was hired as football coach, she was a player on the Women of Troy's women's volleyball team. Nathan Carroll graduated from USC with a bachelor's degree in May 2010. In 2010, Nathan joined his father Pete as an Assistant for the Seahawks. Carroll's late father-in-law, Dean Goranson, graduated with a Master's degree from USC. His older brother, Jim Carroll, played tackle at Pacific, operated a few businesses in the upper Midwest, and is now retired in Phoenix, Arizona.
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