Oklahoma State University Athletics
Colin Carmichael
February 27, 2009 | Cowgirl Soccer
Colin Carmichael has been at OSU since the inception of the women's soccer program in the fall of 1996, and he continues to help lead Cowgirl soccer to new heights.
As the program enters its 13th season, Carmichael is primed to lead OSU soccer to even higher achievements in his second season as head coach.
Carmichael, who served as OSU's co-head with Karen Hancock during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, is 41-15-9 during his three-year tenure as a head coach, a winning percentage of .700. He led the Cowgirls to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007, and OSU advanced to the second round of the tourney in each of those seasons.
In 2007, OSU finished the season with a 14-6-3 record, the 14 wins marking the third-highest total in program history. Along the way, OSU defeated four teams ranked in the Top 10, including a win over No. 9 San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and a landmark win against Notre Dame in which the Cowgirls snapped the Fighting Irish's 43-game home unbeaten streak.
Further signs of just how far the program continues to climb are evidenced by the fact that OSU started and finished the season in the national rankings for the first time in school history. The Cowgirls ended the season ranked No. 17 by Soccer Buzz Magazine and 23rd in both the NSCAA/adidas and SoccerTimes.com polls.
OSU also set a program home attendance record with 10,222 fans, an average of 929 fans per game at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.
Carmichael served as an assistant coach at OSU until he was elevated to associate head coach in 2003 and co-head coach in 2005. In the four seasons following his promotion, the Cowgirls compiled a 54-20-11 record, captured a Big 12 Tournament title, finished second in the Big 12 regular season standings and made the first two trips to the NCAA Tournament in school history.
In 2006, Carmichael helped lead the Cowgirls to their best finish in school history as they went 17-3-3 and finished second in the Big 12 with an 8-1-1 conference mark. OSU earned its highest-ever national ranking as they climbed to as high as No. 7 in the NSCAA polls, and the squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament and defeated UNC-Greensboro for the school's first-ever tournament win.
Carmichael and Hancock were rewarded for their outstanding 2006 campaign by earning the Central Region Coach of the Year award. Soccer Buzz named the coaching tandem runner-up for National Coach of the Year behind North Carolina's Anson Dorrance.
One of the biggest reasons for the program's recent success is the influx of talent that has come to Stillwater as a result of Carmichael's excellent recruiting skills. The Cowgirls have brought in one of the top-ranked classes in the Central Region five of the last six years and had the 11th-ranked class in the nation in 2005.
Carmichael's knack for recruiting overseas has been at the forefront of most of those outstanding classes. In 2005, he landed the second-rated international recruit in German native Angelika Feldbacher, and in 2006, top-rated international recruit Annika Niemeier signed to play in Stillwater. Carmichael, a native of Airde, Scotland, also helped bring in Swedish native Yolanda Odenyo, who became the first OSU player to earn first-team All-American honors in 2006.
Carmichael is currently a coach with the Region III Olympic Development team, where he has been on staff for the past 10 years. The ODP has seen numerous players go on to play soccer at the collegiate level as well as with the U.S. National Team.
As a player at the University of South Alabama, Carmichael was a four-year starter and was named team captain in 1992, the year he also garnered All-Sunbelt Conference honors. He then went on to play professionally for the Mobile Revelers from 1994-96 and for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the United States Indoor Soccer League, where he was named USISL Rookie of the Year in 1998.
In 1991, while Carmichael was still an active player at USA, he began his coaching career at St. Paul's Episcopal High School in Mobile, Ala. After his graduation in 1993, he was hired on as an assistant coach at USA, where he assisted with the men's program and also helped to establish the women's program.
While at USA, Carmichael earned a marketing degree, and he received his Master's in physical education in 1996. He currently holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” License and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America “Premier” License.
In the spring of 2001, Carmichael was recognized as the U.S. Soccer Association's Region III Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year honor.
Carmichael resides in Stillwater with Stacie Thomas and her daughter, Alicia. The couple had their first child, Maggie, on Sept. 10, 2007.
As the program enters its 13th season, Carmichael is primed to lead OSU soccer to even higher achievements in his second season as head coach.
Carmichael, who served as OSU's co-head with Karen Hancock during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, is 41-15-9 during his three-year tenure as a head coach, a winning percentage of .700. He led the Cowgirls to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007, and OSU advanced to the second round of the tourney in each of those seasons.
In 2007, OSU finished the season with a 14-6-3 record, the 14 wins marking the third-highest total in program history. Along the way, OSU defeated four teams ranked in the Top 10, including a win over No. 9 San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and a landmark win against Notre Dame in which the Cowgirls snapped the Fighting Irish's 43-game home unbeaten streak.
Further signs of just how far the program continues to climb are evidenced by the fact that OSU started and finished the season in the national rankings for the first time in school history. The Cowgirls ended the season ranked No. 17 by Soccer Buzz Magazine and 23rd in both the NSCAA/adidas and SoccerTimes.com polls.
OSU also set a program home attendance record with 10,222 fans, an average of 929 fans per game at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.
Carmichael served as an assistant coach at OSU until he was elevated to associate head coach in 2003 and co-head coach in 2005. In the four seasons following his promotion, the Cowgirls compiled a 54-20-11 record, captured a Big 12 Tournament title, finished second in the Big 12 regular season standings and made the first two trips to the NCAA Tournament in school history.
In 2006, Carmichael helped lead the Cowgirls to their best finish in school history as they went 17-3-3 and finished second in the Big 12 with an 8-1-1 conference mark. OSU earned its highest-ever national ranking as they climbed to as high as No. 7 in the NSCAA polls, and the squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament and defeated UNC-Greensboro for the school's first-ever tournament win.
Carmichael and Hancock were rewarded for their outstanding 2006 campaign by earning the Central Region Coach of the Year award. Soccer Buzz named the coaching tandem runner-up for National Coach of the Year behind North Carolina's Anson Dorrance.
One of the biggest reasons for the program's recent success is the influx of talent that has come to Stillwater as a result of Carmichael's excellent recruiting skills. The Cowgirls have brought in one of the top-ranked classes in the Central Region five of the last six years and had the 11th-ranked class in the nation in 2005.
Carmichael's knack for recruiting overseas has been at the forefront of most of those outstanding classes. In 2005, he landed the second-rated international recruit in German native Angelika Feldbacher, and in 2006, top-rated international recruit Annika Niemeier signed to play in Stillwater. Carmichael, a native of Airde, Scotland, also helped bring in Swedish native Yolanda Odenyo, who became the first OSU player to earn first-team All-American honors in 2006.
Carmichael is currently a coach with the Region III Olympic Development team, where he has been on staff for the past 10 years. The ODP has seen numerous players go on to play soccer at the collegiate level as well as with the U.S. National Team.
As a player at the University of South Alabama, Carmichael was a four-year starter and was named team captain in 1992, the year he also garnered All-Sunbelt Conference honors. He then went on to play professionally for the Mobile Revelers from 1994-96 and for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the United States Indoor Soccer League, where he was named USISL Rookie of the Year in 1998.
In 1991, while Carmichael was still an active player at USA, he began his coaching career at St. Paul's Episcopal High School in Mobile, Ala. After his graduation in 1993, he was hired on as an assistant coach at USA, where he assisted with the men's program and also helped to establish the women's program.
While at USA, Carmichael earned a marketing degree, and he received his Master's in physical education in 1996. He currently holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” License and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America “Premier” License.
In the spring of 2001, Carmichael was recognized as the U.S. Soccer Association's Region III Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year honor.
Carmichael resides in Stillwater with Stacie Thomas and her daughter, Alicia. The couple had their first child, Maggie, on Sept. 10, 2007.
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