Bob Jones University

Greenville, SC 29614

South Carolina Southeast

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Dr. Chris Carmichael

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As the Bruin women’s head soccer coach, Coach Carmichael has led the women to national championships in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 while being named NSCAA and NCCAA Coach of the Year for Division II also in each of those seasons. For the past two seasons, Coach Carmichael's team has achieved Gold and Platinum status in the Sportsmanship and Ethics award given by the NSCAA. The Lady Bruins were also awarded the National Sportsmanship award in 2017 by the NIOSA and NCCAA. In addition to being the head women’s soccer coach, Carmichael also served as the NCCAA DII National Soccer Chair. The women's program moved to NCCAA DI in 2020. Since starting the program in 2012, he has accumulated a record of 122-68-9.

Coach Carmichael is a clinician when it comes to developing technically superior players with a high soccer IQ. He uses a number of contemporary training programs to get players to the top of their game. He is an avid learner of the game and enjoys the tactical complexity and competitive problem-solving that is required during both matches and training. Coach Carmichael views the role of sports as another platform for the believer to show Christ to the world. He stresses the importance of glorifying God both on and off the field through superior technical skills, encouragement and mentorship among players, and passion and purpose for the sport.

Dr. Chris Carmichael is highly experienced in the world of soccer, both as a player and a coach. As a player, he competed at NCAA Division I Eastern Illinois University and several USASA teams. As a coach, he has over 25 years of coaching experience in high school, club (Pensacola Futbol Club, Strikers Soccer Club, International Soccer Club, Furman United Soccer Club, and Carolina FC) and college soccer. While he was at Malone University, he rebuilt the men's struggling soccer team. In three years, Carmichael transformed the program from a team without a winning season in over a decade to the #1 seed in the NCCAA DI East Region. He was also selected to be the head coach of Carolina Football Club U18 Super Y League in 2017.

Coach Carmichael holds a USSF D and C License as well as NSCAA Regional, Advanced Regional, National Advanced National and Premier Diplomas. He has also successfully completed courses in the League Managers Association (LMA) School of Football Management.

In addition to his passion for sports, Dr. Carmichael is also very passionate about zoology. He is on faculty as a professor of biology with research interests in animal behavior, ecology and herpetology at Bob Jones University. He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Eastern Illinois University, a Master of Science degree in Biology from Central Michigan University, and a PhD in Biology from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has conducted original research in New Zealand and is a former zookeeper and curatorial/research staff member at the Brookfield Zoo and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

Dr. Carmichael and his wife, Sharon, have eleven children.

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Greg Fulton

Fulton was the lead assistant for the men's soccer program since the 2019 season before being named the head coach in 2021. Prior to that, he gained a variety of experience both nationally and internationally as a player and a coach. He graduated from Bob Jones Academy and played two seasons at Spartanburg Methodist College before attending Northland International University in Dunbar, Wisconsin.

During college, Fulton also played semi-pro soccer in the Premier Development League (PDL) in California. He then transferred to Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he played his final two college seasons. While there, Fulton led the team in goals his junior season and was given NAIA All-Region 1st Team honors. He also studied and played internationally in Barcelona, Spain, before finishing his degree in international business at Grace College in 2011.

After college, Fulton coached in a variety of youth and club leagues including Furman United and at Eastside High School in Taylors, South Carolina. Fulton and his wife Keily have two children.