High School Career
Holy Cross High School, New Orleans, LA (1948-1952)
• Two-sport player with three letters each in football and baseball
College Career
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College (1952-1954)
Tulane University (1954-1955)
• Two-year football letterman
• Team posted upsets of Vanderbilt, Alabama, Georgia, and tie with LSU
• Played in first night game in Tulane history at Tulane Stadium (1954)
• First winning record in five years (1955)
Coaching Career
Armed Services Coach in Korea (1957-1958)
Assistant Coach Holy Cross HS, New Orleans, LA (1959-1960)
Freshman coach Tulane (1961-1962)
Freshman coach Kentucky (1963-1964)
Assistant coach Mississippi State (1964-1966)
Assistant coach North Carolina (1967-1973)
• ACC Champions (’71, ‘72)
Assistant coach Ole Miss (1974-1977)
• Coached six All-SEC players; one All-American (Ben Williams)
Defensive Coordinator USM (1978-1981)
• Nicknamed “Big Nasty” as coordinator of “Nasty Bunch defense
Assistant coach Buffalo Bills NFL (1981-1982)
• Franchise-best season on defense allowing 150 total points and team record 47 sacks (’81)
Head Coach USM (1982-1987)
• Overall coaching record 37-29 (56%)
• Winning record in five of six seasons
• 38-29 upset ended 57 game Alabama win streak in Tuscaloosa, AL. Most points scored against a Bear Bryant team in Tuscaloosa (’82)
• Associate Coach East-West Shrine game (’85)
• Initiated Athlete-Agent Bill requiring sports agent registration in MS (’88)
Defensive Coordinator Mississippi State (1989-1990)
• Defense improved from 84th nationally to 15th (’89)
Assistant Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator Mississippi College (1991)
• Team ranked 3rd in nation
• Defense ranked 11th in nation; allowed 13 points per game
Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line Ole Miss (1992-1994)
• #6 in nation in defense (’92)
• #1 in nation in defense (’93)
• #17 in nation in defense (’94)
Assistant Coach & Scout, Arizona Cardinals (1994-2005)
Hall of Fame Memberships
• Copiah-Lincoln Community College Athletic Hall of Fame (1993)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2009)
Did You Know?
Carmody, who has a Masters Degree from Tulane, published numerous articles for national football publications including ”Defensive Football Strategies” and “Multiple Goal Line Defenses” in 2002.
As USM’s head coach, his team’s 17-7 win over Jackson State in 1987 marked the first football meeting ever between one of the state’s predominantly white Division 1-A teams and one of Mississippi’s predominantly black 1-AA teams. His USM squads were 11-4 against in-state rivals Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
