Coach Carter's Coaching Record

I've had a request to blog about Coach Carter's coaching records. Here's what I've found:

Coach Norman Carter, Butler High School and then Taylor County High School Girls' Basketball Coach, 12 years

1960-61 - 24 wins, 6 losses
1961-62 - 31 wins, 2 losses
1962-63 - 30 wins, 3 losses
1963-64 - 31 wins, 4 losses - State Champions Class C
1964-65 - 30 wins, 3 losses
1965-66 - 18 wins, 6 losses
1966-67 - 27 wins, 4 losses
1967-68 - 31 wins, 0 losses - State Champions Class B
1968-69 - 31 wins, 0 losses - State Champions Class C
1969-70 - 31 wins, 0 losses - State Champions Class C
1970-71 - 30 wins, 0 losses - State Champions Class A
1971-72 - 26 wins, 3 losses - State Champions Class A

I'm not totally sure of the accuracy of all this. I copied it from the articles I've saved over the years. By my calculations that is 340 wins and 31 losses for Coach Carter with the girls.

From 1967-72 his girls won five straight state championships and 132 games in a row, a record that stands in the state of Georgia and is ranked fourth nationally for consecutive wins.

He also coached boys from 1960 - 1967. He brought his boys teams to state tournaments several times and in 1965-66, the Vikings were crowned state Class C champions. My husband Mark was point guard on that state championship team. Coach Carter gave up coaching the boys when he became principal of Taylor County High School.

Coach Carter was elected superintendent of Taylor County schools, started in that position in January of 1969, and asked the school board to let him continue to coach until the winning streak was broken. The streak continued until 1972. He retired from coaching after twelve years.

During those twelve years, the Butler and Reynolds schools consolidated, the rules of girls basketball changed, the school's state size classification changed, great players graduated, and the schools integrated. The one thing that remained constant for girls' basketball was Coach Norman Carter.

Seven state championships (6 with the girls and 1 with the boys) in twelve years is absolutely amazing.