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William
Carter returned to his alma mater as head men’s and women’s
tennis coach in May of 2003.
Carter,
who will also coach the women’s basketball
program, most recently served as head coach for women’s
tennis and women’s basketball at Wesleyan College in Macon,
Ga. He joined the Wesleyan staff as women’s basketball
coach in 1998 and added the duties of women’s tennis coach
in 2001. During his tenure at Wesleyan, Carter also coached volleyball
for three seasons.
Carter
began his coaching career at St. Andrews, serving as head men’s
golf coach for two seasons and assisting with men’s and
women’s tennis as well as women’s basketball during
the 1993-94 season. He then spent four years at Flora Macdonald
Academy, where he assumed a variety of roles, including athletic
director, interim headmaster, and coach for boys’ and girls’ basketball,
tennis, and golf.
A North
Carolina native, Carter is a 1988 graduate of Hoke County High
School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in business and economics
from St. Andrews in 1992. He began his collegiate tennis career
at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., and was a freshman
on a team that ranked 13th nationally in the NAIA. Carter spent
the remainder of his collegiate career at St. Andrews, playing
No. 1 singles and doubles for three seasons. As a junior, he
was seeded 12th in the NAIA Regional Tournament.
He
earned a Master of Science in sports management from the United
States Sports Academy in 1994 and is a certified teaching professional
with the United States Professional Tennis Registry.
Carter
and his wife, Leigh, reside in Laurinburg with their daughter,
Claire. They are expecting their second child in September.
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