Carl Funderburk joined the North Carolina Central University football staff prior to the 2015 season as tight ends coach.
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.
The Carl Funderburk File
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
Family: wife, Eileen; daughter, Ashley
