Trip Carrico III enters his first season at Arkansas State in 2023 as the Red Wolves’ assistant athletics director for player personnel.
Carrico, who worked with Butch Jones for three years at Alabama from 2018-20, comes to A-State after most recently serving as the Director of Scouting at East Carolina during the 2022 season. Prior to his appointment at East Carolina, he spent the 2021 season as a regional scout for the Virginia program.
During his lone season at East Carolina, the Pirates posted an 8-5 record and defeated Coastal Carolina 53-29 in the Birmingham Bowl. Responsible for assisting with the program’s recruiting strategy, ECU assembled a 2023 recruiting class ranked in the top-10 among Group of 5 programs by 247Sports, On3 and Rivals.
The Little Rock, Ark., native also served as East Carolina’s co-NFL liaison, compiled transfer-portal information, provided film evaluation, assisted with roster management and compiled weekly opponent-personnel scouting reports as part of his duties.
While with the Atlantic Coast Conference member Cavaliers under former coach Bronco Mendenhall, Carrico was directly responsible for the evaluation of quarterbacks and athlete-designated prospects. Additionally, he served as an assistant NFL liaison to the director of scouting, handled the coordination of coaches travel and played a vital role in both official and unofficial visits among a myriad of other duties.
He was a member of Virginia’s staff during the 2021 season when the Cavaliers were selected to play in the Fenway Bowl after posting a 6-6 regular-season record.
While an undergraduate at Alabama, Carrico spent three years on Nick Saban’s staff beginning in 2018. In his role as a recruiting specialist, he was charged with researching prospects, providing and preparing recruiting film for coaches to review and evaluate, and utilizing XOS, Radar Recruiting, ARMS and various other database sites for the securement of prospect information.
Two of Alabama’s three recruiting classes during Carrico’s time with the program ranked first in the nation, while the other in 2020 ranked second. The Crimson Tide posted an unblemished 13-0 record on their way to claiming the National Championship in 2020.
The 2018 and 2019 seasons saw Alabama compile a combined 25-3 record. The 2018 team played in the CFP national championship game, while the 2019 squad capped off the year with a 35-16 win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl to finish ranked No. 8 in the final AP Top 25 poll.
In addition to working with the Crimson Tide’s national-champion football program, Carrico assisted in the UA Dean of Students Office from 2016 to 2019.
Carrico was a member of the Dean’s List and National Honor Society before earning his bachelor’s degree in general studies from the University of Alabama in December of 2020.
