Carson Proffitt begins his second season as the head men's and women's golf coach at Concord in 2025-26.

Proffitt, a native of nearby Camp Creek and a graduate of PikeView High School, played on the links for the Mountain Lions from 2019 until graduating from Concord with a degree in December 2023.

He was on Concord's 2019 Mountain East Conference Championship team—the ninth championship in program history. In the spring of 2020, Proffitt was selected to the All-MEC First Team. He earned All-MEC Honorable Mention in 2021, despite a shortened season.

During his first season in charge of the program, Proffitt helped Mary Denny to her second All-MEC Second Team accolade of her career. And Anna Fry was voted All-MEC Honorable Mention for the first time in her career. 

As for the men's team, Concord's top two golfers were Indiana Eades (79.8) and Jonah Willson (80.6). 

Over his five-year career, Proffitt had a career average of 77.2 with his best season coming in the fall of 2023 when he scored 73.7 per 18 holes. Five of the 11 rounds last fall were 72 or better for Proffitt.

During the course of his amateur golf career, Proffitt has competed in the West Virginia Amateur, West Virginia Open, the Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour and Callaway Junior Tour to name a few.

Before competing at Concord, Proffitt was the 2018 Class AA-A Individual State Champion in West Virginia.