D. Larry Carmichael, Ph.D.
Interim Co-Head Coach of Track and Field
Phone: (575)646-7368
Email: dlc@nmsu.edu
Dr. Larry Carmichael enters his fifth season at NM State with new responsibilities as the Interim Co-Head Coach of Track and Field.
In the 2016 season, Carmichael's fourth at NM State, he directed several athletes to outstanding performances. Sophomore Kayli Farmer was the Indoor Western Athletic Conference Champion in the high jump and Taniya Mitchell, a transfer sophomore, stepped up to finish secondnd in the 20lb. weight throw. In the 2016 outdoor season, Carmichael's throwers scored 37 points at the WAC conference meet, highlighted by a 1-2 finish in the javelin by Freshman Kimberly Salinas and Kayli Farmer. Kim Salinas was named WAC Field Event Freshman of the Year. She was also a NCAA West Regional Qualifier (competing at Lawrence, Kan.) based upon her personal best javelin throw of 151'4" (46.13m). Salinas was also named to the USA Track and Field Coach's Association All-Academic Women's Track and Field Team for 2016.
In the 2015 season, NMSU throwers expanded upon the 2014 productivity by scoring 46 points at the
WAC Outdoor Championships. Leading this effort was soph Akuadasuo Ezenyil imba who placed 2nd in both the discus throw and the hammer throw for a total of 18 points toward the team score. Following her was freshman Kayli Farmer who was the WAC Conference Champion in the javelin and 7th in the high jump scoring 12 team points. Freshman Taylor Stutely placed 4th in the shot put and 5th in the discus scoring 9 points and junior Jessica Schmitt placed 2nd in the shot put contributing 8 points.
As a follow-up to the regular season efforts, Freshman Kayli Farmer brought national attention to NMSU and the Women's Track and Field program by placing 2nd in the javelin throw at the USA Junior National Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June, 2015. She responded to the "big stage" competition with a personal best throw of 157'3" - a personal improvement of over 15'- ranking her 2nd on the NMSU all-time performance list. In addition this performance qualified her to represent the USA as part of the Junior Pan American team which competed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in August, 2015 whereshe placed 9th in a competition which included a new World Junior record javelin throw.
In his first two seasons, Carmichael has made an immediate impact by helping to coach two Western Athletic Conference Indoor Champions in the pentathlon - Zoe Meade in 2013 and Des Cota in 2014. He also helped coach Zoe Meade to set a school record in the heptathlon at 5304 points during the 2013 outdoor season. Carmichael also directed senior Kelsey Brennan to a WAC Conference championship in the javelin in 2013 with a NCAA Western Regional qualifying mark of 157'8" (48.08m) .In 2014, NM State throwers began to establish a strong presence by scoring 28 team points to help the team to a fourth place finish in the WAC Outdoor Championships. This included a second place finish in the discus throw by Auadasou Ezenyilimba and a second, fourth and sixth place finish in the javelin throw by Tiffany Gerber, Nicolette Serrao and Alexandra Winebark.
Carmichael has three decades of coaching experience in track and field. Most recently, Carmichael spent 21 years at Louisiana Tech University where he established a national reputation for consistently developing national and international class throwers. His coaching record includes 16 straight years where Carmichael guided at least one student-athlete to the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships. He also guided several athletes to compete at the international level in the throwing events.
During his tenure at Louisiana Tech, Carmichael coached 56 individual conference champions, 40 NCAA Division I Preliminary Round (Regional) Qualifiers, 24 Division I National Qualifiers and 14 Division I All-American athletes, three of whom were National Runner-Up in their respective events. The athletes Carmichael coached at Louisiana Tech set 12 school records.
In 2009, Carmichael coached All-American Nadia Alexander to become Louisiana Tech's first Penn Relays throws champion. Alexander threw the shot 16.68m (54.8’75”) to claim the women's collegiate division title at the nation's oldest, continuously held Track Relays "carnival" event. In addition, Carmichael has guided two women throwers to championships in the prestigious Texas Relays. All-American Brenda-Grace Hunt won the women's javelin event in 2005 with a distance of 56.90m (186’8”) and in 1999, All-American April Malveo won the women's discus title throwing 57.26 (187’10”), which remains the Louisiana Tech school record in these events.
Carmichael also coached 2006 NCAA All-American Jason Morgan in the discus during his collegiate career and beyond. Morgan established the Jamaican national record in the discus throw, and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. Morgan placed 18th in the discus at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Morgan also competed in the 2007 World Championships, 2007 Pan American Games and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Carmichael also coached 2001 NCAA All-American athlete Melissa Gibbons as she competed for Jamaica in the shot put and discus at the 2002 British Commonwealth Games.
In 1999, Carmichael guided April Malveo to double All-American honors in shot put and discus, and Olivia McKoy to one All-American honor as throwers at Louisiana Tech. These two student-athletes scored 13 points at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships that season. As a team, Louisiana Tech scored a program-best finish of 17th at that NCAA Championships, all of the points coming from the throwing events. This was McKoy's second time as All-American, as she finished as National Runner-Up in the javelin in 1998 as well.
Malveo ended up ranking in the top eight in the nation in the discus in 1998 and 1999, and finished as a finalist in the 2000 U.S. Olympic team trials. McKoy went on the represent Jamaica in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, was a bronze medalist in the 2006 British Commonwealth Games, and again was an Olympic Games competitor in Bejing, China, in 2008. She is the Jamaican national record holder in the javelin.
From 1988-91, Carmichael coached at Essex High School in Vermont where he guided 10 state championship throwers during his time as an assistant coach at the school.
Carmichael was the inaugural head coach of cross country and track and field at Meramec Community College in St. Louis, MO, from 1968-70. He produced NJCAA All-Americans in the long jump and high jump during his time at Meramec.
Carmichael completed the Ph.D degree in education in 1974 from Michigan State University. During the years of 1974-1991, Carmichael held academic faculty appointments in physical education/special education at the University of Virginia, Michigan State University and the University of Vermont.
Carmichael is a graduate of Bethel Park High School (PA) where he competed in cross country and track and field. He was a four-year letterman in track and field at Kent State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1967 and was a Graduate Assistant Coach assisting the USA Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame legend, Douglas L. Raymond while completing a Master's Degree in education in 1968.
Carmichael and his wife, Diane, are the parents of four grown children and have three grandchildren.
