Rick E. Carter

Rick E. Carter
Biographical details
Born	July 1, 1943; Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
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)

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]

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

Football


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
^#Rankings from final NCAA Poll.