| David Carter | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Loyola Marymount |
| Current Conference: | WCC |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1985–1989 |
| Player Team1: | Saint Mary's |
| Player Positions: | Point guard |
| Coach Years1: | 1989–1990 |
| Coach Team1: | Washington (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1992–1995 |
| Coach Team2: | Diablo Valley CC (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1995–1997 |
| Coach Team3: | Eastern Washington (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team4: | Saint Mary's (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1999–2005 |
| Coach Team5: | Nevada (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 2005–2009 |
| Coach Team6: | Nevada (associate HC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2009–2015 |
| Coach Team7: | Nevada |
| Coach Years8: | 2015–2017 |
| Coach Team8: | Saint Mary's (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team9: | Georgia (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2018–2020 |
| Coach Team10: | San Diego (assistant) |
| Coach Years11: | 2020–present |
| Coach Team11: | Loyola Marymount (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 98–97 |
| Tournament Record: | 3–2 (NIT) |
| Championships: | WAC regular season (2012) |
| Awards: | WAC Coach of the Year (2012) |
David Allen Carter (born March 12, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University.
From 1999 to 2009, Carter was an assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno, under Trent Johnson from 1999 to 2004 and Mark Fox from 2004 to 2009, including as associate head coach beginning in 2005.
On April 3, 2009, Carter became head coach after Fox left to become head coach at Georgia.[1]
Carter was fired by the University of Nevada, Reno in March 2015.[2] In June, Carter re-joined Saint Mary's as assistant coach, this time under Randy Bennett.[3] Carter was an assistant at Saint Mary's from 1997 to 1999 under Dave Bollwinkel.[4]
On June 7, 2017, Carter was once again hired by Fox as an assistant coach, this time for Georgia, replacing former assistant Yasir Rosemond.[5] After Fox was fired at the end of the season, Carter was not retained under new head coach Tom Crean.
On June 11, 2018, Carter was hired by San Diego as assistant coach under Sam Scholl.[6]
On April 8, 2020, Carter was announced as a part of Stan Johnson's first coaching staff at Loyola Marymount.[7]