Title: | Associate Coach |
Phone: | 404-727-1572 |
Email: | cleiver@emory.edu |
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.