Education
University of Illinois system.
baseball player coach Football player
University of Illinois system.
He served as the head football coach at Alma College (1908–1909), Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois (1910–1912), and Lake Forest College (1914), compiling a career college football record of 22–17. Carrither was also the head basketball coach at Knox (1910–1913), Lake Forest (1914–1915, 1929–1932), and Coe College (1915–1924), amassing a career college basketball mark of 91–118. Coe
Carrithers became athletic director and coach of several sports at Coe College.
From 1915 to 1924, Coe became nationally recognized for its competitive sports under Carrithers.
He was inducted into the schools "athletic hall of fame" in 1973.