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Bro Coach Kenneth Carter: 49 Years of Community Service

He is a native of Marietta, and is the youngest of four boys, born to the late Oscar and Sarah Carter. He became an advocate for physical fitness early in life. He began his formal fitness development in high school, where he participated in basketball, football, track, and boxing. He received the State Flyweight Golden Glove Championship while in high school. He received his B.S. Degree from Lincoln University, in Missouri; M.A. Degree from Indiana University; Specialist Degree from Jacksonville State in Alabama; and B.A. Degree from Atlanta University. He served in the United States Marine Corp for three years. While serving, he was on the football and boxing teams.

In the sixties, he began his profession as a Physical Education Director at the Butler St. YMCA, in Atlanta, GA. He transported youth each Saturday, from Marietta, to the YMCA in Atlanta, so they could participate in the physical activities, because, there were no available facilities for youth in Marietta. A couple of the trainees at the YMCA in Atlanta were Martin Luther King, Jr. and Andrew Young.

In 1962, Coach Carter began his career, teaching Physical Education and Health, and coaching in the Marietta City School System. He coached football, basketball, and track for several years at Marietta Middle School. He coached tennis for 19 years at Marietta High School. While coaching the Marietta Tennis Team, he had a record of 16 consecutive wins, one State Championship, and nine region championships. He was chosen as the Georgia Tennis Coach of the Year. He was presented an award by Arthur Ashe, at Forrest Hills, as one of the top Tennis Coaches of the Year, in the nation. Coach Carter and the 1985 tennis team were inducted into the Marietta High School Hall of Fame, in 2007.

One of the greatest achievements in his career was organizing and developing the ‘Jump Rope Movement Program’. This program was a part of his physical education fitness program. Out of this program came the original “Blazing Rope Jumpers”. This group performed nationwide, at NBA games, schools, PE conferences, television, and for many other organizations. During the Wayne Williams missing children crises, he developed and was the Director of the summer enrichment program for disadvantaged youth in Metro Atlanta. This program was sponsored by Lockheed Aircraft and continued for several summers. More than two hundred children participated in the program.

Coach is a member of Turner Chapel AME Church, Marietta, where he has been active for several years. He served as Superintendent of Sunday School for 22 years, tutored and drove the Church bus for the tutorial program for more than 20 years; a Trustee, a member of the Sons of Allen and the Food Ministry. He is an active member of the Chi Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Cobb County NAACP, GAHPERD, and NAHPERD. He received awards for Outstanding Man of the Year from the Marietta Jaycees; Outstanding Service Award from GAHPERD; Teacher of the Year from Marietta Middle School and Marietta City Schools. He is married to Jeanie Martin Carter. They have one son (Marcus), and one daughter (Kennetta). They have four granddaughters (Carisse, Crystal, Chelsa, and Casey).

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