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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.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Thomas Carter
- 2005-01-14
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.
A successful businessman returns to his high school basketball team as coach, only to take controversial action to make sure that his players succeed in the classroom as well as on the court. Samuel L. Jackson stars in this inspirational sports drama. 6,719 IMDb 7.3 2 h 16 min 2005. X-Ray PG-13.
- 136 min
- Is Coach Carter Based on A True Story?
- How Accurate Is Coach Carter's Story? What Does It Change?
- What Happened to Coach Carter After The Movie
- What Coach Carter's Players Are Up to Now
- Where The Real Coach Carter Is Now
- What Samuel L. Jackson Said About Bringing Ken Carter to The screen
Ken Carter Was A Real Person, And He Really Did Keep His Players Off The Court
The Coach Carter true story is based on Ken Carter, the real-life basketball coach of Richmond High School in Northern California, and almost all of the events Samuel L. Jackson depicted while playing him actually happened. The movie is based on the 1998-1999 season lockout, which made national news. In real life, Carter locked the gym and kept his undefeated basketball team (who inspired fictional students like Jason Lyle, played by Channing Tatum in his debut movie) from competing because t...
The Movie Told Ken Carter's Story With Relatively Few Changes
According to the real Ken Carter in an interview with The Chicago Sun-Times, most of the story from the movie is accurate (via MTV). 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. In fact, it was the national news co...
Ken Carter Became A SlamBall Coach And Olympic Torch Carrier
Ken Carter was considered a hero in Richmond after the 1998-1999 season. He continued to coach at Richmond High School until 2002, at which point he left to coach the LA Rumble, a professional SlamBall team. A prime candidate for a sports comedy like Dodgeball, SlamBall is a form of basketball that is played on four trampolines that also has a professional league that originally aired games on Spike TV. The real Ken Carter also went on to carry the Olympic torch in the 2002 Winter Olympics in...
The Richmond High Basketball Team Mostly Went On To Achieve Academic Success
In reality, the Coach Carter real-life basketball players all graduated from high school, with many attending college.One of the players from the 1998-1999 season that Carter coached was Courtney Anderson, who became an NFL tight end and played for the Oakland Raiders, the Detroit Lions, and the Atlanta Falcons from 2004 to 2007. Wayne Oliver is another notable member of Coach Carter's Richmond players. He took his basketball skills to the international circuit, playing in a variety of differ...
Ken Carter Continues To Be An Inspirational Figure
Coach Carter is nearly 20 years old, so what is the real Ken Carter up to after being played by Samuel L. Jackson? Ken Carter is still very much in the full stride of his career having continued his work as a motivational speaker and author since the mid-'00s. He founded a school in Texas in 2009 – the Coach Carter Impact Academy boarding school — of which he is the dean and headmaster.Carter also owns and runs Prime Time Publishing and Prime Time Sports, which offers sports marketing service...
The Coach Carter Star Feels A Kinship With The Real-Life Figure
Despite playing larger-than-life roles like Nick Fury in the MCU, the Coach Carter true story makes this role one of Samuel L. Jackson's finest. The actor also seems to have had a strong connection to the story and formed a relationship with the real Carter while preparing for the role. When discussing playing Ken Carter (via MovieWeb), Jackson spoke about the similarities he saw between himself and the real-life basketball coach, saying: Jackson went on to stress how important it was to see...
- Colin Mccormick
In 1999, Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds...
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- Thomas Carter
- PG-13
- Samuel L. Jackson
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Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson stars in the inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter, who benched his entire undefeated team for poor academic performance, in order to teach his players the importance of education.
