Funderburk Joins NCCU Football Staff as Tight Ends Coach

DURHAM, North Carolina – Thirteen-year college football coach Carl Funderburk has joined the North Carolina Central University football staff as tight ends coach.

Funderburk replaces Mike McCarthly who accepted a position in the NFL on the Cleveland Browns coaching staff.

A native of Durham, North Carolina, Funderburk's last coaching stop was with the Fayetteville Force of the Southern Indoor Football League as offensive line and defensive line coach during the 2011 season.

He spent the 2010 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as offensive line coach at Savannah State University, and the 2009 campaign as offensive line coach at Winston-Salem State University.

Funderburk coached seven years (2002-08) at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he served as the offensive line coach and travel coordinator. During his tenure, the Monarchs posted their second-best campaign in program history with an overall record of 8-2 in 2005.

Prior to coaching at Methodist, he spent three seasons (1999-2001) at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he served as the assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and offensive line coach.

His first college coaching job was working with the offensive line at Kemper Military Junior College in Booneville, Missouri in 1998.

A 1989 graduate of Elon University, Funderburk served his country in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal and Squad Leader from 1980-1983.

He and his wife Eileen reside in Durham, North Carolina, and are the proud parents of a daughter, Ashley.

Carl Funderburk
At A Glance
Born: March 14, 1963 in Lantana, Florida
Hometown: Durham, North Carolina

Education: Elon University (1989)
Bachelor of Arts in History

Coaching Experience:
Fayetteville (N.C.) Force (Southern Indoor Football League), 2011 (1 season)
Offensive Line/Defensive Line Coach

Savannah State University, 2010 (1 season)
Offensive Line Coach

Winston Salem State University, 2009 (1 season)
Offensive Line Coach

Methodist University, 2002-2008 (7 seasons)
Offensive Line Coach

Bacone College, 1999-2001 (3 seasons)
Offensive Line Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach

Kemper Military Junior College, 1998 (1 season)
Offensive Line Coach

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