Eddie McCarter
Eddie McCarter (born August 3, 1953)
Teams coached: Texas-Arlington Mavericks, West Alabama Tigers
Texas-Arlington record: 179-211 (.459)
West Alabama record: 47-61 (.435)
Overall record^: 226-272 (.454)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2022 | Shelton State CC (asst) |
| 2014-2018 | North Alabama (asst) |
| 2011-2014 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff (asst) |
| 2007-2011 | West Alabama |
| 2006-2007 | UAB (asst) |
| 1992-2006 | Texas-Arlington |
| 1990-1992 | Texas-Arlington (asst) |
Eddie McCarter Facts
- Edward Louis McCarter
- Born August 3, 1953
- Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
- Alma Mater: University of Alabama at Birmingham (BA, 1975)
- Early coaching roles include stints at Fairfield HS (AL) and Howard Junior College (TX)
- Spent nine years as the head coach at Charles Henderson HS (AL), going 188-74 overall and earning five South Alabama COY honors
- Joined Mark Nixon’s coaching staff at Texas-Arlington in 1990 and two years later was elevated to head coach
- Went 179-211 over 14 seasons at the helm; won a share of the Southland title in 2004
- Returned to his hometown in 2006 and spent one season on the UAB staff under head coach Mike Davis
- Hired in 2007 to be the head coach at D-II West Alabama; went 47-61 over four seasons there
- Spent three years as an assistant at Arkansas-Pine Bluff under George Ivory, then four at (then D-II) North Alabama under Bobby Champagne
- Champagne and staff were let go in 2018 ahead of the program’s move up to Division I competition
- From 2018-2022, McCarter served as an assistant under Joseph Eatmon at Shelton State CC in Tuscaloosa, AL
Eddie McCarter Coaching Tree
- Kaleb Canales (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Larry Cordaro (LSU Alexandria)
- Scott Cross (Troy, Texas-Arlington)
- Phillip Shumpert (North Carolina A&T)
- Tony Stubblefield (DePaul, New Mexico State)
- KT Turner (UT Arlington)
- Buzz Williams (Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Marquette, New Orleans)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
