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Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University Athletics
1700 Wade Hampton Blvd Greenville, SC 29614
Division 3 South Carolina Southeast
Private Small Competitive team

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Dr. Chris Carmichael

Extension 2972


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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