[Editor’s note: This article is from The Spun’s “Then and Now” magazine, featuring interviews with more than 50 sports stars of yesteryear. Order your copy online today, or pick one up at retail racks and newsstands nationwide.] Carson Palmer turned down numerous offers to coach at the professional and college levels.
Carson Palmer returned to Santa Margarita (Calif.), his alma mater, in December 2024 to become the school’s next coach. And in his first season at the helm, the former USC Trojans Heisman Trophy winning quarterback turned the program around.
With Sunday's ugly 24-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Bengals fell to 4-10 and were officially eliminated from playoff contention in the AFC and will miss the playoffs for the fourth time in Burrow's six years.
The best teams do not always win the Super Bowl. Sometimes, great NFL squads have failed to win a playoff game. Here are the best ones since the AFL-NFL merger to fall short of advancing in a postseason bracket.
Joe Burrow seemed down, depressed and talked about how he really has not been having fun, and if he is not having fun, what is the point of doing any of this?
Former USC Trojans Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer leads Santa Margarita, who feature three USC signees in receiver Trent Mosley, edge Simote Kataonga
A Bengals great achieved more retirement success this week. Carson Palmer is a first-year head coach with the Santa Margarita Catholic Eagles high school team, and they just won their first CIF Southern Section Division I championship in California since 2011.
In his first season at the helm, former USC Trojans Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Carson Palmer has led his alma mater, Santa Margarita, to a berth
The Denver Broncos sit at 6-2 at the halfway mark of the season (if you can call it that with an odd-numbered 17-game campaign), and are winners of five in a row.
For nearly two decades, college football fans have argued over which program truly deserves the title of “Quarterback U.” Schools like Oklahoma, Alabama, and Ohio State have all made their claims — each producing Heisman winners and first-round draft picks who’ve gone on to NFL stardom.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
One of the most storied college football programs of all time, as a winner of 11 recognized national championships, USC has produced its fair share of gridiron legends.
Name an accolade, and legendary Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu probably won it. Two-time Super Bowl champ, check. Defensive Player of the Year, check.
Contrary to popular belief, not every professional athlete is capable of accumulating generational wealth as a player, especially in the world of gridiron football.
The 2025 regular season figures to be a historic one for Joe Burrow. Thanks to a league-leading effort in passing yards last year, the 28-year-old Bengals gunslinger now finds himself on the precipice of history in just his sixth year in the NFL.
FOX Sports ranked the ten best non-active quarterbacks to never win a Super Bowl recently and Carson Palmer checked in at No. 7 on the list. Boomer Esiason also made the list as an honorable mention.
Perhaps the most impessive thing about Jalen Milroe's pre-draft interviews is how he told NFL teams exactly what he needed to improve upon and made no pretense about having a lot of growing to do.
Carson Palmer was a pretty productive player during his time with the Cincinnati Bengals, and throughout his entire time in the NFL. He also made a whole lot of money over the course of his career: A total of $172.5 million.
SCOTTSDALE- On Friday, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and some of the members of the Class of 2024 were inducted by the National Quarterback Club into the Hall of Fame.
The National Quarterback Club will induct Marlin Briscoe, Carson Palmer and Steve Spurrier into their hall of fame on Friday, Feb. 28. The Club will also be honoring additional quarterbacks with 2024 National Quarterback Club Quarterback of the Year awards at three levels.
Arizona Cardinals fans remember Carson Palmer as a great quarterback for the franchise, though his coaching career is just getting started. Palmer will be taking over as head coach of the Santa Margarita football program, where he played previously in high school and where his son currently plays.
Carson Palmer is taking over as the head football coach at his alma mater. Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Orange County, Calif., made his hiring official on Friday.
Quarterback expert and former NFL journeyman Jordan Palmer, brother of longtime Cincinnati Bengals starter Carson Palmer, wants the world to know he expected big things from Jake Browning this season.
One of the most storied college football programs of all time, as a winner of 11 recognized national championships, USC has produced its fair share of gridiron legends.