Craig Carter attended and played basketball at Rutgers University, where he had a successful career as a guard, captaining the squad for two years, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 1991, and making the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 1990. Carter earned an All-Tournament Team selection for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1989 as a player.
Carter started coaching at the high school level at Lincoln High School in Brooklyn. With persistent dedication and hard work, he eventually began coaching at the collegiate level in 2001 at Elizabeth City State. His work there earned him positions at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and Umass Amherst as the Director of Basketball Operations.
Coach Carter made a home for himself at the Division I level with Siena College from 2005-2006. He then spent four years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Rutgers, before returning to Siena for another three years. After a brief stint with Skidmore College from 2013-2014, Coach Carter excelled as an assistant coach for Longwood University. While Coach Carter was with Longwood from 2014-2015, he helped the Lancers reach the Big South Tournament Semifinals after upsetting the top-seeded Charleston Southern. After Longwood, he coached at Cornell from 2015-2016.
Coach Carter then switched to the women’s side as an assistant with the Wisconsin Badgers women’s team, primarily working with the guards. He then carried his experience to Tallahassee as an Assistant for Florida State University, playing a vital role in recruiting under head coach Sue Semrau. Semrau describes Coach Carter as a “coach with integrity and extensive experience…understanding the needs and challenges of the athletes [he coaches].”
In his free time, Coach Carter loves spending time with his family, including his daughter Amber, 33, and grandson Ellis, 11.
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