Rock Carter
	Head Coach rcarter@whittier.edu (562) 907-4972

The 2008-09 season marked the 14th season for Rock Carter as the head coach of the Whittier College men's basketball program.  Carter has guided the Poets to seven winning seasons and amassed a 173-158 record since he took over the program prior to the 1995-96 season.

Since the 2001-02 campaign Carter has placed 20 student-athletes on the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team which includes Michael Archuletta and Jeff McLean who garnered a first and second-team selection each, respectively, in the 08-09 year.

He has also had one Ted Ducey Award recipient which recognizes a senior that has exemplified leadership, discipline, determination and sportsmanship and also shown sincerity of purpose in his academic endeavors. The award is voted on by the SCIAC coaches.

Originally from San Diego, Calif., Carter led Whittier to its first SCIAC Postseason Tournament in 2008-09 and a second place regular-season finish in the conference. The 16 wins were the second most wins in his tenure and most since the team won 17 games in the 2002-03 campaign.

A 1989 graduate of Whittier, Carter earned his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and was quickly hired as a full-time assistant to then head coach Dave Jacobs the very same year. He worked under Jacobs for four seasons before he was named interim head coach for the 1993-94 season. Jacobs returned for one more season in 1994-95 before Carter was named the fourth head coach in WC history since Aubrey R. Bonham started in 1937.

Carter played two seasons for the Whittier college basketball program before he traded in his high tops for a whistle in 1988. He served as the Junior Varsity Head coach from 1989-1993 where he had a .681 winnings percentage. In addition to his coaching on the hardwood he also served as the head coach of the golf program from 1991-94 and was the Sports Information Director.

During the summer months Carter serves as the Director of the Whittier College Sports Camp and Swim Club which serves Whittier and the surrounding communities. He is also the Director of the very successful Whittier College Basketball Camp for Whittier's youth.

Carter is also the Associate Director of Athletics.

He currently resides in Whittier with his wife Megan and their son, Jacob, and daughter, Caroline.