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Coach Carter is a 2005 film, directed by Thomas Carter. It is similar to the 1986 movie Hoosiers
, both being centered around a high school basketball team. It is based on a true story, in which Richmond High School (Richmond, California, USA) head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

It features the song "Hope" by Twista and Faith Evans as the main soundtrack.

Plot

Ken Carter, owner of Carter Sporting Goods, takes over the coaching job at Richmond High School, where their basketball team The Oilers are struggling. Carter had himself been a student at Richmond in the early '70s, and took the job as both a challenge and a favor to the previous coach. The motivation was certainly not for the $1200 yearly stipend.

Coach Carter uses respect as the basis of his coaching style; he insists on referring to each player as "sir" and forbids use of the word "nigger". Carter pushes the entire team hard in training, concentrating on building stamina, which causes them to be able to outlast their opponents on the court. Additionally, he makes players sign a contract, in which they agree to maintain a 2.3 GPA (California only required a 2.0 at that time), attend every class, sit in the front row of the classes they attend, and wear a suit and tie on game day. His goal is not only to get the players to respect and believe in him as coach, but to respect and believe in each other and themselves.

When Coach Carter gets academic progress reports for the team, he is understandably disappointed, since many of the players have not lived up to their end of the contract. He puts a lock on the gym and refuses to have practice or allow the players to play ball until everyone has at least a 2.3 GPA. He meets with opposition from the parents as well as the school staff, including the principal, but he is undeterred. The parents point out that for some of the kids on the team, basketball is everything. The principal agrees, stating privately to Carter that a senior year winning streak might be the high point of some of the players' lives. Carter responds that their goals should be higher, and that high school basketball, while worthwhile, is not an end unto itself. He argues that there is and should be more for these students to live for.

Eventually, the prinicipal, while not exactly seeing eye to eye with Carter, supports him when the school board decides whether or not to remove the lock from the gym. Carter says he will resign if they remove the lock. Though the school board did decide to remove the lock from the gym, the players begin to realize that his message is the correct one. Just as he is about to clean out his office, he see his players in the gym, but studying. Eventually, the team's grades meet Carter's standards, and he allows them to resume the season. They eventually realize that can do more with their lives, thanks to Carter's focus on their academic careers.

Tagline: It begins on the streets. It ends here.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
— Coach Ken Carter
Robert Ri'Chard
— Damien Carter
Rob Brown — Kenyon Stone
Debbi Morgan
— Tonya
Ashanti
— Kyra
Rick Gonzalez
— Timo Cruz
Antwon Tanner — Worm
Nana Gbewonyo
— Junior Battle
Channing Tatum
— Jason Lyle
Texas Battle
— Maddox

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