Background
Carmody was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and grew up in Spring Lake, where he attended Saint Rose High School, a Roman Catholic private school, in nearby Belmar, New Jersey.
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Carmody was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and grew up in Spring Lake, where he attended Saint Rose High School, a Roman Catholic private school, in nearby Belmar, New Jersey.
He attended and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1975.
Carmody is the current head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders. He was the head coach of the Wildcats men"s basketball team at Northwestern University from 2000 until his firing on March 16, 2013. He led Union"s basketball team to a 59–11 record in his three years as a starter.
After graduating from Union College, Carmody served as head coach of Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown, New York, and led the team to a 17-10 record and conference title in his only season there.
He returned to Union the following year as an assistant coach under head coach Bill Scanlon. In 1980, Carmody became a part-time assistant at Providence College, where he worked for 2 seasons under head coach Gary Walters.
Princeton
From 1982 through 1996, he was an assistant basketball coach at Princeton University under the Tigers" legendary coach, Pete Carril. After fourteen years, he became the head coach in 1996 when Carril retired.
Despite not being able to offer athletic scholarships due to Ivy League rules, Carmody"s 1997-1998 team reached a ranking as high as 7th nationally, and was ranked 8th nationally going into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
This led to a number-five seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. That team lost in the second round of the tournament to #4 seed (and eventual 10th ranked) Michigan State, and was ranked 16th nationally at the conclusion of the tournament. He is considered one of the leading practitioners of the Princeton offense.
While coaching Princeton, he established the Ivy League career winning percentage record of 78.6%, going 92–25.
Northwestern
In 2000, he succeeded Kevin O"Neill as the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats Men"s Basketball Team. One of his top assistants from 2000 to 2006 was Craig Robinson, the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama.
From 2008-2014, Robinson was the head coach at Oregon State University. In 2003-2004, Carmody led the Wildcats to an 8-8 record in Big Ten play, their first non-losing record in conference play since 1967-1968.
On January 18, Northwestern defeated the then-number-seventeen Minnesota Golden Gophers.
On December 28, 2009, Northwestern was ranked number 25 in the Associated Press Basketball Poll, marking the first time Northwestern had been ranked in the Associated Press Poll since 1969. Despite Carmody"s efforts to upgrade the Wildcat program, his teams never finished higher than fifth in the Big Ten, and his 2003-2004 team was the only one that finished with even a.500 record in conference play. After the Wildcats suffered their first losing season in six years, Carmody was fired on March 16, 2013.
He left as the second-winningest coach in school history, behind only Dutch Lonborg.
Holy Cross
After spending the 2014-2015 season as a special assistant and advisor to Fairfield coach Sydney Johnson, Carmody was hired as the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders in March 2015. After starting 0-9 on the road in league play he completed a magical conference tournament run of 4-0 on the road to claim the crown.