Carjay Lyles serves as Associate Head Track & Field Coach for Mississippi State University's Track and Field program in Starkville, Mississippi. Lyles is a collegiate track and field coach with over 20 years of NCAA Division-1 coaching experience. Carjay Lyles was promoted to associate head coach in Aug. 2024, after being hired as an assistant coach on Aug. 9, 2019, to work with State’s horizontal jumps along with the sprints and hurdles.
Known for his coaching dexterity, Coach Carjay has built champions in all the sprinting, hurdling, jumps and combined events. He has won two NCAA Runner-Up Team Trophies and has twice been recognized by his national governing body, USTFCCCA, as regional coach of the year.
