Keith Carter joined the San Jose State University football coaching staff in February 2014 as the offensive line coach/running game coordinator.
Carter comes to the Spartans after two seasons as the Offensive Quality Control Coach for the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks qualified for the National Football Conference playoffs each season he was there. Seattle advanced to the Division Round in 2012 and won Super Bowl XLVIII in February 2014.
The new San Jose State assistant coach teams again with Head Coach Ron Caragher at the University of San Diego (USD). The two worked together during the 2009 through 2011 seasons. He was the tight ends coach in 2009 and the offensive line coach in 2010 and 2011 with the Toreros. USD won a share of the Pioneer League championship in 2011.
The 2005 UCLA graduate began his coaching career at his alma mater as an undergraduate assistant. The Bruins finished the season winning the Sun Bowl and were ranked 13th in the final Associated Press poll.
Carter next coached the tight ends and managed the football team[apos]s academic responsibilities at Wagner College in 2006. Linebacker Bryan Brand was named a 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I award winner. Brand is the most recent and one of only two Wagner players to earn the University Division recognition in the 21st century.
Carter returned to the West Coast in 2007 when he named the offensive line coach at the University of Redlands. In his two seasons there, the Bulldogs produced a combined 15-4 win-loss record. Redlands won the 2007 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title.
An honor roll student at UCLA, he majored in sociology. Carter went on to earn a master[apos]s degree in secondary education from Wagner in 2007.
As a college player, Carter was a tight end, H-back and fullback on the 2001 through 2004 Bruins teams. During his college career, the Bruins played in three bowl games and won the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl over the University of New Mexico.
As a freshman, he was the recipient of the Scout Team Player of the Year Award at the team[apos]s annual post-season awards ceremony. Following his senior season, he received the Bruins[apos] Jerry Long [quote]Heart[quote] Award for perseverance and the athletics department C.H.A.M.P.S. Most Inspirational Player award.
The Dowlington, Pa., native is a grandson of Pro Football Hall of Fame member Gino Marchetti, a legendary defensive end for the Baltimore Colts in the 1950[apos]s and 1960[apos]s.
He and his wife, Kristin and reside in Campbell.
KEITH CARTER FACTS
| Born: July 2, 1982 in Dowlington, Pa. | |
| 2014 | San José State University offensive line coach/ running game coordinator |
| 2012-13 | Seattle Seahawks quality control coach - offense |
| 2011 | University of San Diego offensive line coach/ running game coordinator |
| 2010 | University of San Diego offensive line coach |
| 2009 | University of San Diego tight ends coach |
| 2007-08 | University of Redlands offensive line coach |
| 2006 | Wagner College tight ends coach |
| 2005 | UCLA undergraduate assistant coach |
POST-SEASON PARTICIPATION
| 2013 | Super Bowl XLVIII champion (coach) |
| 2012 | NFC Playoffs (coach) |
| 2005 | Sun Bowl (undergraduate assistant coach) |
| 2004 | Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl (player) |
| 2003 | Silicon Valley Football Classic (player) |
| 2002 | SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl (player) |