Rick E. Carter (July 1, 1943 – February 2, 1986) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana (1966–1971), Hanover College (1972–1976), the University of Dayton (1977–1980), and the College of the Holy Cross (1981–1985), compiling a career college football coaching record of 137–58–7.[2][3] His 1980 Dayton Flyers won the NCAA Division III Football Championship after a 14–0 season and a 63–0 victory over Ithaca in the title game.[4] He was named the AFCA College Division Coach of the Year in 1980.[5]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1, 1943 Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Died | February 2, 1986 (aged 42) West Boylston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1965 | Earlham (GA) |
| 1966–1971 | Earlham |
| 1972–1976 | Hanover |
| 1977–1980 | Dayton |
| 1981–1985 | Holy Cross |
| Baseball | |
| 1969–1972 | Earlham |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 137–58–7 (football) 76–53–2 (baseball) |
| Tournaments | Football 0–2 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 3–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NCAA Division III (1980) 5 Hoosier-Buckeye (1973–1976) | |
| Awards | |
| Football AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1980) | |
Carter committed suicide after the 1985 season at the age of 42.[6] He had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment of depression. His father had died of cancer the previous August and his mother was terminally ill but friends claimed he was also upset about his lack of career advancement. In previous years Carter had been offered jobs at several major programs, but Holy Cross would not release him from his contract and those offers had stopped coming.[7][8]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NCAA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earlham Quakers (NAIA independent) (1966) | |||||||||
| 1966 | Earlham | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| Earlham Quakers (Hoosier Conference) (1967–present) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Earlham | 4–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1968 | Earlham | 4–3–1 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1969 | Earlham | 5–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1970 | Earlham | 6–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Earlham Quakers (NAIA Division II independent) (1971) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Earlham | 6–3 | |||||||
| Earlham: | 27–21–3 | 11–9–1 | |||||||
| Hanover Panthers (Hoosier-Buckeye Conference) (1972–1976) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Hanover | 4–5 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1973 | Hanover | 8–1 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1974 | Hanover | 9–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1975 | Hanover | 9–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1976 | Hanover | 6–3 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
| Hanover: | 36–11 | 29–8 | |||||||
| Dayton Flyers (NCAA Division III independent) (1977–1980) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Dayton | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1978 | Dayton | 9–2–1 | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||||
| 1979 | Dayton | 8–2–1 | |||||||
| 1980 | Dayton | 14–0 | W NCAA Division III Championship | ||||||
| Dayton: | 39–7–2 | ||||||||
| Holy Cross Crusaders (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1981–1985) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Holy Cross | 6–5 | |||||||
| 1982 | Holy Cross | 8–3 | 13 | ||||||
| 1983 | Holy Cross | 9–2–1 | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 3 | |||||
| 1984 | Holy Cross | 8–3 | 15 | ||||||
| 1985 | Holy Cross | 4–6–1 | |||||||
| Holy Cross: | 35–19–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 137–58–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Head Football Coach Named at the University of Dayton". University of Dayton Press Release. versity of Dayton. October 6, 1977. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ Wallace, William N. (February 4, 1986). "Carter Had Built Record Of Success". The New York Times.
- ^ "Rick E. Carter Records by Year". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^ "Dayton Yearly Results". Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ^ "Past National COTY Winners". Archived from the original on August 20, 2012.
- ^ "Coach at Holy Cross Is Suicide by Hanging". The New York Times. February 3, 1986.
- ^ "A Wonderful Throwback".[dead link]
- ^ "Tragedy Ends Coach's Dreams".
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