David Carter (basketball)

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David Carter
David Carter at Saint Mary's in 2016.jpg
Carter in 2016 at McKeon Pavilion
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team Loyola Marymount
Conference WCC
Biographical details
Born (1967-03-12) March 12, 1967 (age 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1989 Saint Mary's
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990 Washington (GA)
1992–1995 Diablo Valley CC (assistant)
1995–1997 Eastern Washington (assistant)
1997–1999 Saint Mary's (assistant)
1999–2005 Nevada (assistant)
2005–2009Nevada (associate HC)
2009–2015Nevada
2015–2017Saint Mary's (assistant)
2017–2018 Georgia (assistant)
2018–2020 San Diego (assistant)
2020–present Loyola Marymount (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall98–97
Tournaments3–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WAC regular season (2012)
Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (2012)

David Allen Carter (born March 12, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University.

From 1999 to 2009, Carter was an assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno, under Trent Johnson from 1999 to 2004 and Mark Fox from 2004 to 2009, including as associate head coach beginning in 2005.

On April 3, 2009, Carter became head coach after Fox left to become head coach at Georgia. [1]

Carter was fired by the University of Nevada, Reno in March 2015. [2] In June, Carter re-joined Saint Mary's as assistant coach, this time under Randy Bennett. [3] Carter was an assistant at Saint Mary's from 1997 to 1999 under Dave Bollwinkel. [4]

On June 7, 2017, Carter was once again hired by Fox as an assistant coach, this time for Georgia, replacing former assistant Yasir Rosemond. [5] After Fox was fired at the end of the season, Carter was not retained under new head coach Tom Crean.

On June 11, 2018, Carter was hired by San Diego as assistant coach under Sam Scholl. [6]

On April 8, 2020, Carter was announced as a part of Stan Johnson's first coaching staff at Loyola Marymount. [7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference)(2009–2012)
2009–10 Nevada 21–1311–5T–2nd NIT Second Round
2010–11 Nevada 13–198–8T–5th
2011–12 Nevada 28–713–11st NIT Quarterfinal
Nevada Wolf Pack (Mountain West Conference)(2012–2015)
2012–13 Nevada 12–193–139th
2013–14 Nevada 15–1710–8T–3rd
2014–15 Nevada 9–225–1310th
Nevada:98–97 (.503)50–48 (.510)
Total:98–97 (.503)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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