Rick E. Carter

Q: When did Rick E. Carter die?

Rick E. Carter died on February 2, 1986.

Q: How old was Rick E. Carter when they died?

Rick E. Carter was 42 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Rick E. Carter's cause of death?

The cause of death of Rick E. Carter was suicide by hanging.

Q: When was Rick E. Carter born?

Rick E. Carter was born on July 1, 1943.

Rick E. Carter (July 1, 1943 – February 2, 1986) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana (1966–1971), Hanover College (1972–1976), the University of Dayton (1977–1980), and the College of the Holy Cross (1981–1985), compiling a career college football coaching record of 137–58–7. His 1980 Dayton Flyers won the NCAA Division III Football Championship after a 14–0 season and a 63–0 victory over Ithaca in the title game. He was named the AFCA College Division Coach of the Year in 1980.

Carter committed suicide after the 1985 season at the age of 42. He had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment of depression. His father had died of cancer the previous August and his mother was terminally ill but friends claimed he was also upset about his lack of career advancement. In previous years Carter had been offered jobs at several major programs, but Holy Cross would not release him from his contract and those offers had stopped coming.