| Fred G. Carter | |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Richland County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1909–1910 |
| Player Team2: | Wisconsin |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1912–1914 |
| Coach Team2: | La Crosse State Normal |
| Coach Years3: | 1916 |
| Coach Team3: | Colorado Mines |
| Coach Years4: | 1918 |
| Coach Team4: | Wisconsin (assistant) |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1916–1917 |
| Coach Team6: | Colorado Mines |
| Admin Years1: | 1912–1914 |
| Admin Team1: | La Crosse State Normal |
| Overall Record: | 0–8 (basketball) |
Frederick Gay Carter (February 28, 1888 – February 19, 1956) was an American football and basketball coach and hospital administrator. He served as the head football coach at La Crosse State Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse—from 1912 to 1914 and at the Colorado School of Mines in 1916.[1] Carter was later president of the American Hospital Association and vice president of development at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He died there on February 19, 1956.[2]