Ken Carter
Kenny Ray Carter is an American business owner, education activist and former high school basketball coach. Carter attended college at San Francisco State, then Contra Costa College, and finally George Fox University, where he played basketball.[1]
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Carter maintained that his athletes must take their studies seriously, as good academic performance would give them access to college and other opportunities in life. Public opinion eventually changed, and he was praised for his determined emphasis on prioritizing good values for his team. Coming from an abusive family, he was raised strictly on academics, but found a liking in sports.
The story of the 1999 season is the basis for the 2005 film Coach Carter, with Carter played by Samuel L. Jackson.
Carter continues to coach sports teams, except basketball. Currently, he is the coach of the Slamball team Rumble. He led Rumble to their first-ever Slamball Cup victory in 2001/2002. Carter has said that the greatest moment in his life was when he carried the Olympic Torch for the 2002 Winter Olympics.[citation needed]
He has a son named Damien (who played for his father at Richmond, and was portrayed by Robert Ri'chard in the movie) and currently resides in Northern California.
In the fall of 2009, Carter opened up an impact academy in the town of Marlin, Texas. The academy would also offer dorms on campus for over sixty of the 150 boys in grades 8–12 who were facing poverty situations. Overall a school day would be 12 hours, with classes and sports including baseball, basketball, and football. The campus also includes a shop run by students, a barber shop and laundry facilities. [2]
[edit] Slamball coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| Rumble | 2002 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1st | 2 | 0 | Champions | |
| Rumble | 2003 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1st | 0 | 1 | Lost in Semi-Finals | |
| Rumble | 2008 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1st | 1 | 1 | Lost in Final | |
| Total | 25 | 6 | .806 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 Championship | ||
[edit] See also
- Coach Carter Impact Academy
- Joe Louis Clark, high school principal portrayed in Lean on Me (film)
- Ron Clark (teacher), portrayed in the 2006 film, The Ron Clark Story
- Pierre Dulaine, dancer and dance educator
- Jaime Escalante, high school teacher portrayed in the 1988 film, Stand and Deliver
- Marilyn Gambrell, parole officer-turned high school teacher portrayed in the 2005 Lifetime movie, Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
- Erin Gruwell, former high school teacher portrayed in The Freedom Writers
- LouAnne Johnson, writer, teacher and former U.S. Marine featured in the 1995 film, Dangerous Minds
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