Rubin Carter (American football)

Rubin Carter

Carter in 1974
Biographical details
Born	(1952-12-12) December 12, 1952 (age 72) Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1971–1974	Miami (FL)
1975–1986	Denver Broncos
Position(s)	Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988	Denver Broncos (DL)
1987–1993	Howard (DL)
1994–1995	Miami Killian High School (DL)
1995–1996	San Jose State (DL)
1997–1998	Maryland (DL)
1999–2000	Washington Redskins (DL)
2001–2003	New York Jets (DL)
2004–2005	Temple (DL)
2005–2007	Florida A&M
2009–2011	New Mexico (DL)
2012	Towson (DL)
2013–2015	Purdue (DL)
Head coaching record
Overall	16–17
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Consensus All-American (1974)

Rubin Carter (born December 12, 1952) is an American former football player and coach. He last served as defensive line coach for Purdue University. Carter played professionally as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Denver Broncos from 1975 to 1986. Carter was the head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers football team from 2005 to 2007. Carter has been the defensive line coach at the University of New Mexico under head coach Mike Locksley. Carter graduated from Fort Lauderdale's Stranahan High School in 1971.^{[citation needed]} Carter was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. Carter is African-American.^[1] He is the father of Andre Carter.

In July 2005, Carter replaced Billy Joe to become the new head coach at Florida A&M University. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Carter compiled 6–5 and 7–4 records, respectively. After compiling a 3–8 record in the 2007 season, Florida A&M fired Carter, citing that the university needed to "move in a new direction".^[2]

On December 5 2013, Carter was hired as the defensive line coach for the Purdue Boilermakers football team.^[3] On November 29, 2015, Carter's contract was not renewed by Purdue.