Background
Carsey was born in Ballinger, Texas.
Carsey was born in Ballinger, Texas.
He graduated from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University and later George Washington University with a doctorate in public administration and served with the United States Army.
He became a president of Charles County Community College (now the College of Southern Maryland) in Maryland. They had no children. Carsey moved to El Paso, Texas, married Dawn Peacock Garcia, and taught mathematics at United States Air Force bases in Europe.
In 1988, he did administrative work with El Paso Community College and had an interview with an investigative reporter Jonathan Coleman.
Carsey moved to Jacksonville, Florida and taught in some of the local colleges. He later moved in with Corinne Silverton.
Jay Carsey died in Jacksonville in August 2000.