David Carter (basketball)

For other people named David Carter, see David Carter (disambiguation).

David Carter

Carter in 2016 at McKeon Pavilion
Current position
Title	Assistant 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)
2005–2009	Nevada (associate HC)
2009–2015	Nevada
2015–2017	Saint Mary's (assistant)
2017–2018	Georgia (assistant)
2018–2020	San Diego (assistant)
2020–present	Loyola Marymount (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	98–97
Tournaments	3–2 (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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nevada Wolf Pack (Western Athletic Conference) (2009–2012)
2009–10	Nevada	21–13	11–5	T–2nd	NIT Second Round
2010–11	Nevada	13–19	8–8	T–5th
2011–12	Nevada	28–7	13–1	1st	NIT Quarterfinal
Nevada Wolf Pack (Mountain West Conference) (2012–2015)
2012–13	Nevada	12–19	3–13	9th
2013–14	Nevada	15–17	10–8	T–3rd
2014–15	Nevada	9–22	5–13	10th
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

References

1. "New leader of the Pack". University of Nevada, Reno. April 3, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
2. Murray, Chris (11 March 2015). "Wolf Pack fires David Carter after third straight losing year". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
3. Murray, Chris (June 17, 2015). "Ex-Pack coach Carter lands at Saint Mary's". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
4. "David Carter". University of Nevada. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
5. Emerson, Seth (June 7, 2017). "Georgia names David Carter new assistant basketball coach". dawgnation.com. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
6. Norcross, Don (June 11, 2018). "USD hires David Carter, completing basketball coaching staff". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
7. "Stan Johnson's Experienced Staff Has Coached 27 Postseason and 20 Conference Championship Teams". LMULions.com. Loyola Marymount University. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.