In 2002, Carr was said to be a key instigator of the famous Ramsgate fight between Crows and Port players after Showdown XI.
He won the Ross Glendinning medal in the second Western Derby of 2007, gathering 26 possessions and kicking three goals as Fremantle notched up their eighth win over West Coast.
At the end of the 2008 season, Carr told the club that he wanted to be traded back to Port Adelaide for personal reasons.
[4] Between 2016 and 2019, he served as senior coach of the North Adelaide Roosters in the SANFL, guiding the club to the premiership in 2018.
[5] On July 30, 2021, the club announced that Carr had stood down for an unstated period after he was fined by police for breaching WA quarantine restrictions.
[7] In February 2025, Port Adelaide president David Koch announced that Carr would assume the position of senior coach of the club ahead of the 2026 season, at the conclusion of Ken Hinkley's last contracted year.