Junior battle where is he now

On Thursday night, Ken Carter was reunited with his former students and players. Their story is well known now: Carter was a man on a mission to teach his students the importance of discipline and education. I need you to go to school and get your education so you can help me get my Social Security check," Carter said. After teaching for eight years, Carter now enjoys a fulfilling career as a motivational speaker.

After forfeiting two games during the lockout, the squad finished the season , its three other losses coming as two players with grade problems remained benched, Carter said.

The media moment wasn't lost on Carter, and he did what thousands of people have done before him: He grabbed the limelight and promoted his methods and talents. He created a Web site, wrote a book about meeting academic goals and began picking up speaking engagements. He has also produced a set of motivational tapes for sale.

His instant celebrity was not achieved without some grumbling in the community, and nowhere was it more caustic than at a community meeting where another school principal stood up and whined about the attention Richmond High was receiving, Foust-Whitmore said. Chris Gibson , one of the Benched players who graduated two years ago and now attends a community college, said critics were envious of Carter's success.

Contributing author: Chris McKittrick. Ken Carter continued to coach at Richmond until , when he parlayed his national fame from the lockout story into new business and coaching opportunities. He made headlines again in November when he rode a kick-scooter from Richmond High School to the California State Capitol in Sacramento in order to raise awareness about school funding issues. Before the release of the movie, Carter coached Rumble, a Slamball team. Slamball is version of basketball involving trampolines.

Under Carter, Rumble won the Slamball Championship. Today, Carter works primarily as an in-demand motivational speaker. He also established the Coach Ken Carter Foundation. In , Carter announced that he was opening a boarding school for boys called The Coach Carter Impact Academy in Marlin, Texas, where he now resides.

Carter also has a presence in on the internet and in social media, but it is unclear how active he is. The following video is a documentary where Coach Carter and members of the team react to the true story as well as scenes depicted in the movie. Since most of the players in the film are composite characters of the actual players, the players in the movie are not accurate depictions of the real Richmond team.

Overall, every student who played for Carter from to graduated from Richmond, which otherwise has a high dropout rate. After falling in love on the set of Step-Up , Tatum was married to Jenna Dewan for almost 10 years and had one daughter together before they announced their separation in April , ending their run as one of Hollywood's most beloved couples. After their break-up, Tatum dated singer Jessie J , with the couple's romance ending after one year of dating.

His big break came in when he joined the cast of the CW's hit superhero series Arrow as Wild Dog. Ahead of Coach Carter 's anniversary, Gonzalex posted a throwback photo from So here's a TBT of me and my wife at an event promoting it," he captioned the pic with his wife, Sherionne.

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