He won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1980. Carr had his #34 retired by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Notre Dame Basketball Ring of Honor in 2011. He was also a Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame Inductee in 1992 and received the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Carr is the Director of Community Relations for the Cavaliers and is a color commentator for the team’s games on Fox Sports Ohio. Cleveland basketball fans known Carr as “Mr. Cavalier”.