Fred Carter

Coach Carter started his coaching career by returning to his alma mater, Mount St. Mary’s University, coaching the women’s basketball team in April 1978.

In his first season, Carter took the team to a 19-12 record in the, earning a spot in the Eastern AIAW Division II tournament, coming in 4th. The following season, the team had a 18-9 record, coming in 3rd in Eastern AIAW Division II tournament. In Carter’s last season, the team had a 23-11 record in 1980-198, coming in 3rd in Eastern AIAW Division II tournament for the second year in a row.

Coach Carter had a 60-32 record in his 3 seasons as head coach.

Coach Carter was an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks under Kevin Loughery. In his first season, the team finished with a 42–40 record, reaching the playoffs, but were eliminated by Carter’s former team, the Philadelphia 76ers in 2 games in the first round.

The following season, the team finished with a 43–39 record, qualifying for the playoffs again, but were eliminated in the first round by the Boston Celtics.

Notable Players Coached

• Dominique Wilkins (9× NBA All‑Star, 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion, and NBA 75th Anniversary Team)
• Dan Roundfield (3× NBA All‑Star)
• Eddie Johnson (1989 NBA Sixth Man of the Year)
• Tree Rollins (1983 NBA Blocks Leader,1984 NBA All-Defensive First Team, and 9th All Time in most career blocks)

Coach Carter followed Loughery to Chicago where was an assistant coach for the Bulls. In their first season, the team had a record of 27–55, missing the playoffs.

The following season, the Bulls drafted Michael Jordan, which helped improve their record to 38–44, reaching the playoffs in 7th place. They were eliminated in 4 games (3-1) against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Notable Players Coached

• Michael Jordan (Future 6× NBA Champion)
• Orlando Woolridge (20+ PPG Scorer)
• Quintin Dailey (1983 NBA All‑Rookie First Team)

Coach Carter for the third time, was an assistant coach under Kevin Loughery for the Washington Bullets. Loughery had been an assistant coach under Gene Shue and was promoted when Shue was fired in 1986. Loughery finished the last 13 games with a 7-6 record; along the way Carter was hired before the season ended.

With a 39–43 record, they reached the playoffs, but were eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers in 5 games (2-3).

The following season, the team finished with a 42-40 record, 6th in the Eastern Conference, but lost in 3 game (3-0) to the Detroit Pistons.

Notable Players Coached

• Jeff Malone (2× NBA All‑Star)
• Moses Malone (3× NBA MVP)
• Manute Bol (1986 NBA Blocks Leader)

Coach Carter returned to his former team as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers under Matt Guokas for only half a season until he was fired after a 20-23 start to the season. He was replaced by assistant coach Jim Lynam. The team finished with a 36–46 record, missing the playoffs.

The following season under Lynam, the team finished with a 46–36 record, qualifying for the playoffs. They lost in 3 games (3-0) against the New York Knicks.

In 1990, the 76ers reached the division semi-finals, but lost to the Chicago Bulls in 5 games. This would happen again the following season in 1991.

In 1992, the 76ers hired Doug Moe as their new head coach replacing Lynam, but was fired after a 19–37 start, Coach Carter was named the interim. He finished the season with a 7-19 record.

Notable Players Coached

• Charles Barkley (1993 NBA MVP, 11x NBA All-Star, & 50th and 70th NBA anniversary team selection)
• Maurice Cheeks (1983 NBA Champion, 4× NBA All-Star, & 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team)
• Hersey Hawkins (1991 NBA All‑Star)
• Rick Mahorn (1989 NBA Champion)
• Manute Bol (1986 NBA All-Defensive Second Team & 2× NBA blocks Leader; 1986 & 1989)
• Jeff Hornacek (1992 NBA All-Star & 2× NBA Three-Point Contest champion; 1998 and 2000)

In 1993, Carter started his first season as head coach of the 76ers. The 76ers started their season losing 11 of their first 15 games, after a brief recovery, the team later lost 31 of their final 36 games, part of it from an 11-game losing streak.

“His voice was powerful in the locker room, and the players loved them respected Moses alone, you know, a better person that he was a player. And that says the help of lot because Moses was a great player in life and off the court.” – Coach Fred Carter on Moses Malone’s Impact

Key Contributors

• Clarence Weatherspoon: 18.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
• Moses Malone: 16.8 points per game, 27 games after he was traded back to the 76ers.
• Dana Barros: 13.3 points, 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Also led the 76ers with 135 three-point field goals.
• Shawn Bradley: 10.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game
• Woolridge: 12.7 points per game
• Tim Perry: 9.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
• Johnny Dawkins: 6.6 points and 3.7 assists per game

The team finished with a 25–57 record, 11th in the Eastern Conference, missing the playoffs. Carter was fired after 1 season.

Notable Players Coached

• Moses Malone
  • 1983 NBA Champion
  • 1983 NBA Finals MVP
  • 12× NBA All-Star
  • 1975 ABA All-Star
  • 50th & 75th NBA anniversary Team
  • ABA All-Time Team
• Clarence Weatherspoon (1993 NBA All‑Rookie First Team)
• Shawn Bradley (NBA All‑Rookie Second Team)
• Dana Barros (Future 1995 NBA All‑Star)