Travis Carswell joined the Tuskegee football staff in the summer of 2023, working primarily with the Golden Tiger quarterbacks.
Carswell comes to the staff to help first head coach Aaron James, after his promotion from his offensive coordinator role in 2022. Prior to joining Tuskegee, he was last on the sidelines leading the Miles College offense from 2011-14.
In his first season, the Golden Bears reached their first Division II SIAC title game, earned the SIAC (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) first SIAC Western Division Title, and were the winners of the first SIAC Championship game.
In 2012, the program made an appearance in the NCAA Division II Playoffs and finished second place in the SIAC Western Division with an 8-3 overall record and 6-1 conference record. The Golden Bears went 4-1 in Western Division play to reach their second straight SIAC Championship in 2013.
Carswell got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at UNA from 2000 to 2003, Carswell worked under coaches Bill Hyde and Mark Hudspeth, the latter of which helped restore a roar in the Lions football program, compiling a 66-21 record in seven seasons.
During the next six years, Carswell taught and coached at Marengo (Alabama) and Baldwin County (Georgia) high schools. In 2008, he sought a different career and became a training coordinator for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Football once again called in 2011 after a few years off as he was offered the offensive coordinator position at Miles College. Alongside current Tuskegee Director of Athletics Coach Reginald Ruffin, Carswell and the coaching staff led a historic turnaround of the Golden Bears program during his four years with the school before he ultimately stepped away from the role in February 2015.
Originally from a community outside of Macon, Georgia, Carswell was an elite baseball and football prospect in high school and played collegiately at The Citadel. After his junior year, he transferred to the University of North Alabama where he continued to play, while majoring in business management.
