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unusual facts about Coach Carter



Bryan Defares

He played with Oakland (Slam-n-Jam) Soldiers in 1999-2000 for Coach Ken Carter, whom the 2005 MTV/Tollin-Robbins produced film Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson, was based.

Coach Carter Impact Academy

Ken Carter, founder of the academy, had not heard of the town of Marlin before the movie Coach Carter (2005).

Ken Carter

The story of the 1999 season is the basis for the 2005 film Coach Carter, with Carter played by Samuel L. Jackson.


see also

Coach Carter Impact Academy

The Coach Carter Impact Academy is an unconventional boarding school that was founded by Ken "Coach" Carter in 2009 in the small Central Texas town of Marlin.