Keith Carter (basketball)

{{short description|American college athletics administrator|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Keith Carter

| image =

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| position = Athletic director

| league = Southeastern Conference

| team = Ole Miss Rebels

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|17}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Perryville (Perryville, Arkansas)

| college = Ole Miss (1995–1999)

| draft_year = 1999

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2008

| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_number = 14, 33

| years1 = 1999–2000

| team1 = New Mexico Slam

| years2 = 2000–2001

| team2 = Memphis Houn'Dawgs

| years3 = 2001–2002

| team3 = Orlandina

| years4 = 2002–2003

| team4 = Dakota Wizards

| years5 = 2003–2004

| team5 = Teramo Basket

| years6 = 2004–2005

| team6 = Basket Napoli

| years7 = 2005–2006

| team7 = Orlandina

| years8 = 2006–2007

| team8 = Varese

| years9 = 2007–2008

| team9 = Veroli Basket

| highlights = *First-team All-SEC (1999)

• Second-team All-SEC (1998)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1998 New York | Team competition}}

| conference = Southeastern Conference

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Joseph Keith Carter (born October 17, 1976) is an American college athletics administrator, currently the Athletic Director for the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference. Carter played professional basketball for nine seasons, primarily in Italy.

Carter came to Ole Miss from Perryville High School in Perryville, Arkansas. He was a four-year starter for the Rebels from 1995 to 1999, earning second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a junior and first-team as a senior.{{cite news|title=Ole Miss' Keith Carter named to All-SEC first team – State's Washington second team|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39578049/the_clarksdale_press_register/|newspaper=Clarksdale Press Register|date=March 3, 1999|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = November 24, 2019}} {{Open access}} Carter was also named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press in 1999. For his college career, Carter scored 1,682 points. Following his college career, Carter played professionally in several American leagues before settling into a successful career in Italy.{{cite news |title= 100 Years Heroes: Catching Up With Keith Carter |url= https://olemisssports.com/news/2009/2/19/100_YEARS_HEROES_Catching_Up_With_Keith_Carter.aspx |access-date=November 24, 2019 |work=olemisssports.com |date= February 9, 2009}}

After his playing career, Carter joined the Ole Miss athletic department in 2009 and was named executive director of the school's athletic foundation. Following Ross Bjork's resignation as athletic director, Carter was named to the post on an interim basis. The interim tag was removed on November 20, 2019.{{cite news |title= Ole Miss selects Keith Carter as its athletic director |url= https://www.kansas.com/sports/article237662534.html |access-date=November 24, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 20, 2019}}{{cite news |title= Keith Carter formally hired as Ole Miss athletic director |url= https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/28136769/keith-carter-formally-hired-ole-miss-athletic-director |access-date=November 24, 2019 |work=ESPN.com |date=November 20, 2019}}