Tim Carter
Tim Carter (born June 13, 1956)
Teams coached: Omaha Mavericks, UTSA Roadrunners, South Carolina State Bulldogs
Omaha record^: 11-16 (.407)
UTSA record: 160-152 (.513)
South Carolina State record: 67-113 (.372)
Overall record^: 238-281 (.459)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1999, 2004)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2004)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 2 (1999, 2004)
Awards:
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (1999)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2007-2013 | South Carolina State |
2006-2007 | Florida State (asst) |
1995-2006 | UTSA |
1994-1995 | Nebraska-Omaha |
1990-1994 | Northwestern (asst) |
1987-1990 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
1986-1987 | Houston (asst) |
1984-1986 | Midwestern State (asst) |
1982-1984 | Oklahoma (grad. asst) |
Tim Carter Facts
- Tim Carter
- Born June 13, 1956
- Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
- Alma Mater: University of Kansas (BA, 1979) / University of Oklahoma (M.Ed, 1984)
- First coaching job was as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma, working under head coach Billy Tubbs
- After two years on Gerald Stockton’s staff at D-II Midwestern State (TX), Carter spent one season under Pat Foster at Houston
- Hired by Leonard Hamilton in 1987 to be an assistant at Oklahoma State, working with the Cowboys for three seasons
- When Hamilton left OK St in 1990, Carter moved on to Northwestern where he worked for four seasons
- Spent three seasons (1990-93) assisting Bill E. Foster and one (1993-94) assisting Ricky Byrdsong
- Hired in 1994 to be the head coach at then-Division II Nebraska-Omaha, going 11-16 in one year at the helm
- Left for UTSA the following year and coached the Roadrunners for eleven seasons
- Compiled a 160-152 record at UTSA, highlighted by two NCAA Tournament appearances (1999 and 2004)
- The Roadrunners won the Southland Tournament twice and the Southland regular season title in 2004
- Fired in March 2006 after an 11-17 season, his second sub-.500 season in the previous four years
- Reunited with Hamilton for the 2006-07 season, working as one of his assistants at Florida State
- Got back into head coaching in 2007, spending the next six seasons at the helm at South Carolina State
- Went 67-113 overall at the MEAC school, with winning record in both 2008-09 and 2009-10
- Resigned in February 2013 with a nine games left, turning the reins over to associate HC Murray Garvin
- Along with his wife, Sheila, has two daughters and one son
Tim Carter Coaching Tree
- Chris Crutchfield (Omaha, East Central)
- Murray Garvin (South Carolina State)
- Kyle Keller (Stephen F. Austin)
- Owen Miller (Mississippi Gulf Coast)
- Michael Schwartz (East Carolina)
- Tony Stubblefield (DePaul, New Mexico State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels; Nebraska-Omaha was competing at the Division II level during Carter’s tenure there