KT Carter is in his fifth season at Carson-Newman. In his fifth year, he was promoted to Associated Head Coach.  He has been the Eagles' recruiting coordinator the duration of his time on the banks of Mossy Creek.  

"Entering our fifth year together," head men's basketball coach Chuck Benson said. "I couldn't be happier with the chemistry and relationship that we have established. KT is a phenomenal yin to my yang. He does a great job with our players both on and off the court, and provides detailed research-driven data that helps foment our strategies on the floor schematically and with prospect identification with our recruiting." 

Carter has helped coach three 1,000-point scorers at Carson-Newman as well as a SAC Freshman of the Year (Ren Dyer), a two-time SAC Defensive Player of the Year (Bryant Thomas), and four All-SAC players (Tripp Davis, Luke Brenegan, Thomas and Dyer).

Carter started his collegiate playing career at Miles Community College where he led the team to a 2012 NJCAA Region IX semi-final appearance.  He wrapped up his playing career at South Atlantic Conference member Lenoir-Rhyne from 2013-2015 as the Bears posted a third place finish during his junior campaign.

Since finishing his playing days with the Bears, Carter has had coaching stops at Southern Arkansas, Tusculum and Rogers State. 

In his two seasons in Greenville, Tenn., Carter assisted with post player development, team scouting, recruiting, practice planning, team travel coordination and academic support. In his second season, he and the Tusculum staff guided Dashaunte Smith to the South Atlantic Conference All-Freshman Team.

During his first season with the Pioneers, Carter helped with the development of All-South Atlantic Conference guard Kendall Patterson who saw a seven-point increase in scoring, while leading the conference in assists. Tusculum recorded 285 three-pointers during the season, which were the second most in school history, including a then SAC and program record 22 treys against Mars Hill in the 2017 home finale.

Carter planned and conducted all guard and post player individual skill sessions and developed the team's strength and conditioning workouts.

Carter served as a graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division II Southern Arkansas during the 2015-2016 season.  He helped lead SAU to a 17-13 record which was the program's best campaign since reclassifying to Division II. 

He oversaw the development of three All-Conference players, including Great America Conference Freshman of the Year CJ Elkins.  The SAU post player development paced the team to lead the GAC in rebounding margin while Muleriders ranked second in the league in field goal percentage defense.

He graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2015 with a degree in business marketing and has a masters of science in kinesiology from Southern Arkansas.

Carter is now the second best athlete in his family by a wide margin after marrying former Lenoir-Rhyne all-region volleyball player Haley Carter (ne' Rhyne). The couple resides in Knoxville and have one son, Ace.