[1] He was the head coach of the Wildcats men's basketball team at Northwestern University from 2000 through 2013.

He attended and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1975.

In 1980, Carmody became a part-time assistant at Providence College, where he worked for 2 seasons under head coach Gary Walters.

While coaching Princeton, he established the Ivy League career winning percentage record of 78.6%, going 92–25.

[4] In 2000, he succeeded Kevin O'Neill as the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team.

[6] On January 21, 2009, Carmody's Kevin Coble-led Wildcats defeated number-seven Michigan State University at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan earning their second consecutive win over an opponent ranked in the AP top 25,[7] marking the first time in school history for such a feat.

[10] In Carmody's first year with the Crusaders, his team won the Patriot League Tournament Championship.