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.
Coach Carter is of 2 hour(s) and 16 minute(s). It is Produced By: Paramount, MTV Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions. It was released on 2005-01-14. It has the tagline: It begins on the streets. It ends here. It has an average vote of 7.573 on TMDB.
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