Colby Carthel
Carthel in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Stephen F. Austin |
| Conference | SLC |
| Record | 44–38 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 29, 1976 Floydada, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Angelo State |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2005 | Abilene Christian (DL/RC) |
| 2006–2012 | West Texas A&M (DC) |
| 2013–2018 | Texas A&M–Commerce |
| 2019–present | Stephen F. Austin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 103–56 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Tournaments | 7–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division II (2017) 3 LSC (2014–2016) 1 WAC (2022) 1 Southland (2025) | |
| Awards | |
| LSC Coach of the Year (2018) Southland Conference Coach of the Year (2025) Eddie Robinson Award Finalist (2025) | |
Colby Don Carthel (born August 29, 1976) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, a position he has held since December 2018. Carthel served as the head football coach at Texas A&M University–Commerce from 2013 to 2018, leading the 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team to an NCAA Division II Football Championship title. Prior to his time as head coach, he was the defensive coordinator under his father, Don Carthel, at West Texas A&M University, from 2006 to 2012. Carthel played football at Angelo State University, where he was an all-conference linebacker.