Education
University of Illinois system.
University of Illinois system.
McCarren had a long career as the Packers" starting center. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1982 and 1983. After his playing career ended, he was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
He began a television and radio broadcasting career in 1988 at WFRV-television and he was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year four times.
McCarren has been working on the Packers Radio Network as the color commentator for the Packers" radio broadcasts since 1995. During his time with the team, the Packers compiled an overall record of 71 - 99 - 5.
He earned the nickname the "Rock" after he started 162 consecutive games, which is the team"s fourth longest consecutive games start streak as of May 2008. He played in two NFL Pro Bowls in 1982 and 1983.
He was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1992.
In 1988 McCarren became the main sports anchor and sports director of Green Bay"s WFRV-television (Channel 5), a position he held until March 2012, when the station announced he was departing. He hosts "Larry McCarren"s Locker Room" during the NFL season, which includes player interviews, highlights, and breakdowns of game film. McCarren began as a color commentator and game analyst on the "Packers Radio Network" with Jim Irwin and Max McGee in 1995, and has been teamed with play by play voice Wayne Larrivee on radio broadcasts since 1999.
He was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year in 1994, 1996, 2002, and 2007 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
A Locker Room-type program returned for the 2013 NFL season on stations throughout the Packers state network, under the new title Packers Live and now being recorded in the Lambeau Field atrium rather than Locker Room filming from various local conference and banquet facilities through the year. On April 1, 2013, McCarren assumed sports director duties for WGBA as his WFRV non-compete clause expired.
McCarren announced on March 27, 2015 that this was his final day as WGBA sportscaster after being a local broadcaster for almost 30 years. "In my case, lieutenant"s not time for retirement.
lieutenant"s time to focus all my energy on my passion, Packers football," McCarren told his audience on NBC26.
On April 9, 2015, the Green Bay Packers announced McCarren as a sports analyst for the Packers Media Group. In this role, he helps with the Packers" digital media. He continues to host Packers Live with Larry McCarren and the Mike McCarthy Show which airs on WGBA-television in Green Bay and WTMJ-television in Milwaukee during football season.
His main emphasis is his work alongside Wayne Larrivee broadcasting games on WTMJ-Department of Administration and Management and the Packers Radio Network.