Carl Leivers joined the Emory University Track and Field Team as a volunteer assistant in the spring of 2006 before joining the program in his current post in the fall. Carl also serves as the Eagles' assistant cross country coach.

During his time at Emory, Leivers has been named as part of the University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year on six occasions, in addition to helping the squad to team titles during the 2009 Men's Indoor, 2010 Women's Outdoor, 2011 Women's Indoor and Outdoor, 2012 Women's Outdoor, and 2013 Women’s Indoor and Outdoor conference championships.  15 of his athletes have won individual conference championships under his tutelage.

Leivers graduated magna cum laude in earning his bachelor's degree in sociology from Colorado Springs in 2003. While at CC, he competed on the both the cross country and track and field teams. He served as the track team's captain his senior year and was the recipient of the program's "Most Inspirational" Award. He was team captain of the cross country team his final year of competition in 2002.

After graduating, Leivers worked in the sociology department at Colorado College where he served as a tutor for upper-level courses and thesis projects. In addition, he created course web sites and maintained the department's web site.

While living in Colorado Springs, he became Head of New Project Development and Producer with Negative Split Pictures. Among his duties there were the procurement of corporate funding and in-kind donations to help finance the film Five Thousand Meters: Nothing Comes Easy. He is the Co-Founder and Senior Event Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Distance Summit.