Ken Carter
publication date: Friday, March 14, 2025 (part of March 2025)
category: Sports
clue: This coach believes that school is for education. Or is that just something Samuel L. Jackson said?
explanation: Ken Carter is a former high school basketball coach who gained notoriety in 1999 for locking his undefeated team out of their athletic facility because they had fallen too far behind academically, as dramatized in the film Coach Carter. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky
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