depauw women's soccer coaching staff
JOHN CARTER
Head Coach
E-mail:
jcarter@depauw.edu
Phone: 765-658-4961
John Carter begins his 14th season at DePauw University and his teams have posted a 155-67-11 record for a .689 winning percentage. The winningest coach in program history, Carter's teams have never experienced a losing season. Additionally, DePauw players have earned three all-America awards and a total of 25 all-Great Lakes accolades during his tenure.
Carter has directed three of the last six DePauw teams to NCAA Division III Championship appearances and entered the season ranked 22nd with a .689 winning percentage among all active Division III coaches with at least five years of Division III head coaching experience. That winning percentage ranks 18th in Division III history among coaches with at least 10 years head coaching experience. His 155 wins rank 15th among active Division III coaches
In five seasons of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play, DePauw has posted a 39-4-1 conference record with no worse than a second place finish. Carter earned 1999 SCAC Coach of the Year honors after leading the Tigers to the SCAC title. DePauw later advanced to the NCAA Division III regional final.
DePauw finished the 2001 season with a 15-4 record before losing in the second round of the NCAA Championship to eventual national champion Ohio Wesleyan. The Tigers finished the year ranked 16th in Division III.
Carter was named the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and led the Tigers to a perfect 11-0 conference record in three years of play.
A 1986 graduate of Earlham College, Carter played four years for the Hustlin' Quakers. He worked there as an assistant coach in the fall following graduation and then again from 1988 before coming to DePauw in 1990.
In addition to his duties as soccer coach, Carter is also the director of DePauw's Indoor Tennis and Track Center and a part-time instructor in the department of kinesiology. Carter currently serves as Indiana girls' Olympic Development Program state coach.