Bio

Jamison Carmichael is in his fifth season with the University of Saint Mary. Previous to Saint Mary, Jamison was an Assistant Coach for the Men’s basketball team at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu. Before his time at HPU he worked as the Graduate Assistant for the Men’s Basketball team at Baker University, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Management and Leadership.

Prior to Baker University, Jamison worked under head coach Larry Brown and the Men’s Basketball staff at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. During his time at SMU the team saw their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 22 years. Previous to this, Jamison obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from the University of Kansas.

Jamison was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, where he attended Manhattan High School. Jamison is the son of Janelle and Dan Russell. Jamison has three siblings, an older brother, Jackie, who plays professional basketball in Russia, an older sister, Catherine, who works Real Estate in Kansas City and a younger brother, Christian, who plays college basketball at Minnesota State Moorhead. He is married to Brittany Carmichael, who is a nurse at Children’s Mercy Hospital.