Chicago State is in the process of launching a football program at the FCS level, and it has begun the search for its first head coach.

The South Side’s Chicago State University launched a search to find their first head football coach Tuesday. “We are excited to reach this milestone in our football planning. Hiring a coach will give this program a face and bring us one step closer to D-1 football on the South Side,

Before joining Chicago State as its vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics, Carroll served as the director of intercollegiate athletics at Huston-Tillotson University, a historically Black college in Texas.