Baseball
- Title:
- Director of Operations
- Email:
- carly.mauldin@usm.edu
- Phone:
- 601-266-6542
Carly Mauldin Makovicka is in her second season as Director of Operations for the Southern Miss baseball program.
This is her second stint at the University after spending time as an assistant soccer coach during her career.
Makovicka comes back to Southern Miss after serving as an assistant coach on the Gulf Coast Community College staff after dazzling performances as a player at the high school, college, and professional levels.
She served as an assistant coach at Southern Miss from 2020-2022, where she helped lead the Golden Eagles to their first division championship and second appearance in the conference title game.
Southern Miss won its first Conference USA West Division championship in fall 2021. The Golden Eagles advanced to the C-USA championship game.
Makovicka, who is originally from Laurel, played at West Jones High School. She helped take the Mustangs to three Class 5A state championships.
She played collegiately at Mississippi State University, where she was a star midfielder from 2015-18. She started all 72 games, which ranks seventh in school history, and her 6,545 minutes are the fifth-most. She was named to Mississippi State's All-Time Team in 2019. Makovicka earned All-SEC Second Team and NCSAA All-Region Third Team honors in 2018. That year, she was the Bulldogs' captain and led MSU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Makovicka moved to Finland to play professionally, where she won Female Player of the Year of the Kakkonen League in 2019.
Makovicka has a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with a concentration in clinical exercise physiology from Mississippi State University. She earned her master’s in sports management from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is married to Todd Makovicka, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports at Southern Miss.
