Colin Carmichael serves as Head Coach for Oklahoma State University's Soccer program in Stillwater, Oklahoma. If you are looking for a blueprint on how to build a collegiate soccer program into a national contender, Oklahoma State head coach Colin Carmichael would be a good place to start. 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.
As the program enters its 30th season in 2025, the Cowgirls are looking to continue their success in what will mark Carmichael’s 21st year as head coach. He is a six-time Big 12 Coach of the Year award winner, which marks a conference record. Carmichael, who served as OSU’s co-head coach with Karen Hancock during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, is 265-110-53 during his 20-year tenure as the Cowgirls’ head coach, compiling a winning percentage of.681. He has led the Cowgirls 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.
