Coaches
Colby Carthel
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Colby Carthel
Played at Angelo State 1995-1999
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2005 | Abilene Christian | Position | DL/RC | not known |
| 2006-2012 | West Texas | DC | DC | not known |
| 2013-2018 | East Texas A&M | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2019- | Stephen F. Austin | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 3-9 | - → - | - | - | - | 20% wins | - |
| 2020 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 6-4 | - → - | - | - | - | 25% wins | - |
| 2021 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 8-4 | - → - | 61 | 77 | - | 60% wins | 128 |
| 2022 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 56 | 71 | - | 67% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 3-8 | - → - | 68 | 92 | - | 55% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 7-5 | - → - | 40 | 25 | - | 27% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 11-3 | - → - | 42 | 2 | - | 58% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Stephen F. Austin (FCS) | 9-1 | - → - | 7 | 7 | - | 79% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 7-5 |
| 2014 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 9-3 |
| 2015 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 8-4 |
| 2016 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 11-2 |
| 2017 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 14-1 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Division II | 10-3 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Scott Parr · Abilene Christian 2000-2002 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Chris Thomsen · Abilene Christian 2005 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Ken Collums · Abilene Christian 2005 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Scott Parr · West Texas 2006-2009 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Mike Nesbitt · West Texas 2007-2010 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Stephen Lee · West Texas 2011-2012 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Scott Power · East Texas A&M 2018 · him Head coach, them DC
- Freddie Banks · Stephen F. Austin 2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Scott Power · Stephen F. Austin 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Matt Storm · Stephen F. Austin 2021-2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- Joe Cauthen · Stephen F. Austin 2022 · him Head coach, them DC
- Mike Mutz · Stephen F. Austin 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- Chris Ross · Stephen F. Austin 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them OC
- Robert McFarland · Stephen F. Austin 2024 · him Head coach, them Position
- Caid Faske · Stephen F. Austin 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jared May · Stephen F. Austin 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
Played together
- Sterlin Gilbert · Angelo State 1999