Alonzo Carter
Alonzo Carter went 1–6 as a head coach, 2026, at Sacramento State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 1–5); by them his record is 1–5. Share
- Record
- 1–6 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 25, 1968
- Best season
- 2026 1–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sacramento State | 1–6 (Wikipedia: 1–5) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| At home | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
His own seven games on file, 2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Valley Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Massachusettsseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Ohioseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| North Dakota Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–98 | McClymonds HS (CA) (Assistant/DC)) high school | Head coach | |
| 1999–2006 | McClymonds HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007–09 | Berkeley HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2010–16 | Contra Costa | Head coach | |
| 2017 | San Jose State | Running backs coach | |
| 2018–20 | San Jose State | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2021–23 | San Jose State | Assistant head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2024–25 | Arizona | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2026–present | Sacramento State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Brent BrennanSan José State, Arizona
Assistants who became head coaches
- Adam ClarkWestern New Mexico
- Eric KiesauFresno State
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Brennan | San José State | 2017–23 | 2017: running backs coach; 2018–20: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator; 2021–23: assistant head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Brent Brennan | Arizona | 2024–25 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Clark | Sacramento State, 2026: defensive coordinator | Western New Mexico | |
| Eric Kiesau | Sacramento State, 2026: offensive coordinator | Fresno State |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby Fresques | Sacramento State, 2026: quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator | |
| Eric Scott | Sacramento State, 2026: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Kenwick Thompson | Sacramento State, 2026: co-defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Carter’s teams went for it on 27% of fourth downs and on 45% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 57% of plays and took 26.4 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 g | 17 of 63 27% | 45% | 57% | 26.4 | −0.12 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.