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Mar 1, 2024 · He actually was a former Richmond High School basketball player, setting the scoring record at the school, which his son Damien — who really did withdraw himself from private school to play for the Oilers — went on to break. The 1999 team did get locked out of the gym for poor academic performance during the 1998-1999 season.
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Carter 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 San Antonio, Texas. In the fall of 2005, Carter proposed opening a boarding school called the Coach Carter Impact Academy in the town of Marlin, Texas. The school opened in 2009.
Mar 21, 2022 · The only student depicted on the team who is based on a real person is Damien Carter, all of the other students are fictional. But one of Carter’s actual former students who played for him...
Jan 14, 2020 · Find out what Samuel L. Jackson, Channing Tatum, Ashanti and other stars of the 2005 sports film are up to now. Coach Carter is based on the true story of Ken Carter, a high school basketball coach who suspended his players for poor grades.
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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.
Apr 14, 2016 · Coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) is a local sporting goods store owner who accepts a low-paying offer to coach the Oilers basketball team at Richmond High School, where Carter had been a stand-out athlete in his youth and held several school records.
Aug 31, 2023 · Robert Ri’chard as Damien Carter. Damien Carter was Coach Ken Carter’s son. He transferred from St. Francis, a private school, to Richmond High School to join the basketball team and play for...
