Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco (San Francisco, California), California) is the American football head coach and executive Vice-President of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots, and the University of Southern California Trojans football team (USC Trojans football). In his time at USC (University of Southern California), the Trojans made it to two BCS championship games, winning the National Championship in 2004 and splitting the National Championship in 2003, and won the Pacific-10 Conference football title each year from 2003 to 2008.

On January 10, 2010, Carroll told his players that he will resign his position with the Trojans and become the new head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. According to the Los Angeles Times, Carroll came to agreement with the Seahawks on a 5-year $33 million contract that would appoint him team head coach.