Colin Carmichael

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 and a spot among the nation’s elite.

OSU is in the midst of the most successful stretch of seasons in its history as the program just completed its 29th year, 21 of those with Carmichael as head coach. Carmichael ranks third among active Big 12 coaches in wins at their current school.

Carmichael, who served as OSU’s co-head coach with Karen Hancock during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, owns a 265-110-53 career record in 20 seasons as the Cowgirls’ head coach, compiling a winning percentage of .681. He has led OSU to 13 appearances in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, including six straight from 2006-11, and after advancing to the second round of the NCAA tourney four-straight years, the Cowgirls made back-to-back trips to the Elite Eight in 2010 and 2011.

The Cowgirls have been a force in the Big 12 Conference under Carmichael, capturing six league titles. OSU claimed four consecutive conference championships from 2008-11 and added crowns in 2017 and 2019; the Cowgirls won regular season titles in 2008, ’11, ’17 and ’19 and Big 12 Soccer Championship titles in 2009 and 2010.

Carmichael has guided OSU to a 15-11-3 record and four finals appearances at the Big 12 Championship and an 11-9-6 record in NCAA tourney play.

Along with the team success, Carmichael has coached six All-Americans at OSU, including Women’s World Cup champion and Olympic goalie AD Franch and the program’s all-time leading goal scorer, Grace Yochum.