Coach Carter

About Coach Carter

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

Thomas Carter's Coach Carter is a 2005 history film. Samuel L. Jackson takes the lead as Ken Carter, Rob Brown as Kenyon Stone, Robert Ri'chard as Damien Carter, and Rick Gonzalez as Timo Cruz.

At 136 minutes long, it arrived in January 2005. Written by John Gatins and Mark Schwahn. It was produced by MTV Films. The film began as real events.

Shelv files it under basketball, teachers and students, violence in schools, and scholarship. It streams on MGM Plus, Philo, and Starz in the United States. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 3,434 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

Hoosiers, The History Boys, and Remember the Titans make useful companions to Coach Carter, all filed under high school and sports.