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Intramural History

MILLER FIELDS

The Miller Fields complex is comprised of two areas, Lower Miller and the Upper Miller. The fields are located at the rear of the facility, behind Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center and the Carmichael Recreation Center. It consists of Lower Miller Fields and Upper Miller Fields

Lower Miller Fields
This area measures 8 acres and is lighted during the academic year when Carmichael Complex is open. These fields are only for the use of NC State Community. Proper NC State identification is required when participating on the fields.

Upper Miller Fields

This 4-acre space features a chipping green (for PE classes only) and field space set aside primarily for soccer and multi-purpose space. Upper Miller Field serves as home to the NC State Marching Band and serves intramural sports participating in soccer and football.

 

Miller Fields are named after John F. Miller, who organized the First college intramural program in the State of North Carolina. He established the program at North Carolina State of Agriculture and Engineering (now NC State) in 1924 and served as director until 1954. 

CARMICHAEL GYMNASIUM

The Carmichael Gymnasium was built in 1961 to provide primary area for physical education as well as an area for recreation for NC state students, faculty and staff. An extension was opened on 1987 to create a total of 345,329 square feet of recreational space.

 

Carmichael Gym is named after William Donald Carmichael (1900-1961), who became Vice President and Financial Officer for the three-college, Consolidated University system of the time. After serving in the Air Corps during World War I, Carmichael earned his degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he was active in athletics and had been captain of the basketball team.  He became an advertising executive and stockbroker in New York before returning to North Carolina.

During his administration, Carmichael supported funding for the completion of the gymnasium, Reynolds Coliseum, a state educational TV system, Burlington Laboratories' nuclear reactor, and the William Neal Reynolds Professorships. One of his characteristic words was "imagineering."