Coaching Career Highlights HEAD TRACK COACH LANGHAM CREEK HIGH SCHOOL 1988-98 1997 Track Coach of the Year 5A 1997 State Championship Boys Track Team 5A Langham Creek H.S. 1997 State Champions - 400 Meter Relay - 40.7 1997 State Champion 200 Meters Anthony Amantine 21.01 1992 State Champion 3200 Meter Run Chuck Wilkins 9:24.0 1991 State Runner-up 110 Hurdles Thomas McGaughey 13.80 State Qualifier 1600 Meter Run Gary Miller 4:17.2 1989 State Champion Long Jump Bert Emanuel 24 3 *****District Championship Teams 1989, 1993, 1994***** *****1988-1998 50 Regional Qualifiers from LCHS***** HEAD TRACK COACH KATY HIGH SCHOOL 1979-1983
*****1979 1983 13 Regional Qualifiers (5A competition)***** Four athletes went on to run in college on scholarship HEAD TRACK COACH LA PORTE HIGH SCHOOL 1971-1973 1972 Regional Cross Country Champions 1972 State Runner-up Walter Sheffield (photo-finish) 1971-1973 9 Regional Qualifiers; 3 State Qualifiers (4A competition) *****During his career, Jerry s athletes won a total of 303 points in District, Regional and State Track Meets. ***** During his career, Jerry coached eight different events in the State Track Meet. Experience 1985-1998 Langham Creek H.S. Houston, TX 1979-1973 Katy High School Katy, TX 1977-1979 Granbury Jr. High Granbury, TX 1969-1973 La Porte High School La Porte, TX
Junior Olympic/ AAU Track Started and directed Junior Olympic/AAU Summer Track program for West Houston athletes. Hosted the Gulf Coast Association Meet at Langham with over 1000 athletes participating each year. Coached two National Champions as well as other Medalists in Nationals. Education M.Ed. Tarleton State University 1981 B.A (Social Studies Composite) Tarleton State University 1966 Honors: Who s Who in American Colleges and Universities Senior Class Vice President College Track Performance Scholarship Track Athlete 1961-62 Hardin Simmons University 1962-66 Tarleton State University
Track Letterman 1963-65 Team Captain 1964-65 Team MVP 1964-65 Long Jump: 24 61/2 (Tarleton University school record) Sprints: 100 m. (10.6); 200 m. (21.1) Assistant Coach Tarleton University 1966 High School Track Performance All-District Track, All-District Football, All-District Basketball, All-District Baseball Regional and State Qualifier multiple events Track Events: anchored sprint relay and mile relay, ran the 220, the 440, and long-jumped U.S. Army 1967 Old Guard Unit Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D. C. 1968-69 Vietnam
Additional biographical information: Born in Gatesville, TX on January 4, 1943 to John and Alma Carswell A 5 th generation Texan the original Carswell Ranch in Mills County is still a working ranch and has been designated by the state of Texas as a historic 100-year homestead Graduated from Granbury High School, Granbury TX 1961 o All-District Track o All-District Football o All-District Baseball o All-District Basketball Married January 30, 1971 to Linda married for 33 years Sons: Jordan Carswell and wife Sharon Justin Carswell and wife Mandy Grandchildren: Evie, Jack, and John Lyndon Kaitlyn and Kourtney
During his career, Jerry s athletes won a total of 303 points in District, Regional and State Track Meets. Jerry coached eight different events in the State Track Meet. Jerry loved coaching and often said that he wouldn t trade it for any other occupation. He knew that as a coach he had the opportunity to impact the lives of his athletes. Jerry believed in treating all athletes with fairness; he modeled passion and dedication for his sport; and, most of all, he wanted his athletes to have every opportunity to reach their highest potential. Along the way, he wanted them to have fun and feel the thrill of success. Jerry believed in his athletes and they, in turn, were always committed one hundred percent, even willing to miss their senior prom to participate in the State Track Meet in 1997 when both were scheduled on the same day. Jerry had a big heart, and his kids always knew he truly cared for them. He made it his priority to find track scholarships for his athletes so they could get a college education. Several of his former track athletes are now coaches. His legacy continues to go forward through the successes of those young men whose lives he touched as their coach. Jerry s died on January 22, 2004, as the result of a nursing error in Christus St. Catherine Hospital in Katy. He is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Mills County, Texas, near the Carswell Ranch.