A Florence, Ala., native and former lineman at North Alabama in 2010, Caleb Carbine returns to UNA as offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator after serving on the West Virginia University coaching staff under Neal Brown for the last three seasons. Carbine brings six years of collegiate coaching experience to UNA, in his combined time at Troy and West Virginia. Over that six-year span he has worked with five teams that played in bowl games and one conference championship squad.
A Florence High School graduate, Carbine transferred to Troy University in 2011 and played for the Trojans through the 2014 season. He was a two-year starter at center at Troy after walking on and earning a scholarship after his junior season. He was part of an offense that led the Sun Belt Conference in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense. That unit also finished second in the conference in fewest sacks allowed.
Carbine began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Troy, working with special teams in 2016. That season he was part of one of the biggest turnarounds in college football as the Trojans earned their first AP Top 25 ranking and the first 10-win season at Troy on the Division I level and Sun Belt conference history. That team also won a Dollar General Bowl championship.
In 2017-18 he was a graduate assistant with the Troy offense, working specifically with the offensive line. The Trojans had the most wins in school history during three-year span, going 31-8, while winning the New Orleans Bowl (2017), the Dollar General Bowl (2018), and a Sun Belt Conference championship (2017). Four of the five starting offensive linemen at Troy were named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team in both 2017 and 2018.
From 2019-21 he served as a graduate assistant with the offense at West Virginia, working with tight ends, fullbacks, offensive line and quarterbacks. During his time there, the Mountaineers won the 2020 Liberty Bowl and played in the 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bowl. WVU also produced back-to-back Back to Back Freshman All-American offensive linemen in Zach Frazier (2020) and Wyatt Milum (2021).
Carbine is married to Laura Beth Carbine, a Dothan, Ala., native.
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