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Kenny Ray Carter (born 1 January 1959) is an American business owner, education activist and former high school basketball coach. Biography. Coming from a supportive family, Carter was raised strictly on academics, but he found a liking in sports.
Mar 1, 2024 · Starring the iconic Samuel L. Jackson as real-life high school basketball coach Ken Carter, and tells the story of how he changed the lives of the student-athletes on the basketball team at an inner-city high school in Northern California.
Ken Carter is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, education activist, and former high-school basketball player and coach. He is best known for the punitive measures he took against the ‘Richmond’ students of the 1999 season for not meeting the disciplinary standards set by him.
Coach Carter is a 2005 American biographical sports drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter, who made headlines in 1999 for suspending his undefeated high school basketball team due to poor academic results.
Coach Ken Carter has been coaching for well over 15 years. Throughout his life and tenure as a coach, he has inspired and guided numerous lives of young men to reach their highest potential. His “no non-sense” approach to getting things done is the force that has sustained him to have the tremendous positive influence that he currently ...
Jan 13, 2021 · Coach Carter is based on the true story of Ken Carter leading the 1999 Richmond High School varsity basketball team. He famously locked the gym in the middle of an undefeated season due to the team not meeting contractual academic standards.
Jan 14, 2005 · Coach Carter: Directed by Thomas Carter. With Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez. Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
Nov 19, 2015 · The Real Coach Carter: What It's Like to Have Your Life Made into a Movie. The first time producers called Ken Carter, he thought it was a joke and hung up the phone. By Noah Davis Published:...
Still, a national spotlight hit Carter in 1999, when, as the head basketball coach at Richmond High School in Richmond, Calif., he locked out his entire undefeated team upon discovering 15 of his 45 players were not honoring contracts they had signed.
Coach Ken Carter (Jackson) takes over the head coaching job for the Oilers basketball team at his old high school Richmond, having played on the team himself, earning unbeaten records. Carter quickly learns that the athletes are rude and disrespectful, and are in need of discipline.
