Rubin Carter (American football)
Biographical details | |
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Born | Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. | December 12, 1952
Playing career | |
1971–1974 | Miami (FL) |
1975–1986 | Denver Broncos |
Position(s) | Washington Redskins (DL) |
2001–2003 | New York Jets (DL) |
2004–2005 | Temple (DL) |
2005–2007 | Florida A&M |
2009–2011 | New Mexico (DL) |
2012 | Towson (DL) |
2013–2015 | Purdue (DL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 16–17 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Rubin Carter (born December 12, 1952) is a former American football player and coach. He most recently served as defensive line coach for Purdue University. Carter played professionally as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Denver Broncos from 1975 to 1986 Carter was the head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers football team from 2005 to 2007. Carter has been the defensive line coach at the University of New Mexico under head coach Mike Locksley. Carter graduated from Fort Lauderdale's Stranahan High School in 1971.[citation needed] Carter was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. Carter is African-American.[1] He is the father of Andre Carter.
Coaching career
Florida A&M
In July 2005, Carter replaced
Purdue
On December 5 2013, Carter was hired as the defensive line coach for the Purdue Boilermakers football team.[3] On November 29, 2015, Carter's contract was not renewed by Purdue.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Florida A&M Rattlers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
2005 | Florida A&M | 6–5 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
2006 | Florida A&M | 7–4 | 5–4 | 4th | |||||
2007 | Florida A&M | 3–8 | 2–7 | 9th | |||||
Florida A&M: | 16–17 | 12–14 | |||||||
Total: | 16–17 |
References
- ^ "Celebrating Black History: Towson's Rubin Carter | CAA Football". caafootball.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
- ^ Kallestad, Brent (2007-11-20). "Florida A&M fires football coach; athletic director resigns". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ Adam Rotten urgent (February 28, 2013). "Purdue hires Carter as defensive line coach". www.espn.go.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved April 17, 2013.