‘A silent giant’: After 19 years coaching Yellow Jackets, Carter will leave Starkville as a ‘legend’
Every year as the Starkville High School boys basketball team ends the regular season and heads into the playoffs, Yellow Jackets head coach Greg Carter feels like an entirely new season is beginning.
Now, as Carter leaves behind the school where he has coached for nearly two decades, the same feeling has begun to dawn on him.
Starkville boys basketball coach Greg Carter leaving to become Hattiesburg athletic director
Carter won four state championships in his 19 years at Starkville, going all the way in 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2020.
Starkville boys denied third straight MHSAA Class 6A title by Clinton
JACKSON — Breaking the huddle, the Starkville High School boys basketball team knew what was on the line.
Second-half adjustments carry Starkville boys over Oak Grove in MHSAA Class 6A semifinal
JACKSON — Eric Green spun toward the center of the key.
For Starkville coach Greg Carter, winning Class 6A title came at cost of son Tyson’s senior day at Mississippi State
The elder Carter couldn’t make it to Humphrey Coliseum on Saturday because his Yellow Jackets were too busy winning their second straight state championship. “I hate missing out on it,” Carter said.
Leaving a legacy: Tyson Carter surpasses his father, Greg, on Mississippi State’s all-time scoring list
Tuesday night against Missouri, Tyson Carter gave himself a nice 22nd birthday present by passing Greg on the all-time Mississippi State men’s basketball scoring list.
Starkville boys basketball reloads in quest for second straight state title
With less than 48 hours until the season tips off, it will be a wait and see game for coach Greg Carter and his staff as they sort out a new set of players. But as is always the case in Starkville, expectations remain high.
Starkville High’s Ware commits to MSU (w/video)
STARKVILLE — The Gavin Ware show will remain a local production.
The 6-foot-8 Starkville High School center gave a verbal commitment to play basketball for Mississippi State on Thursday in a press conference at SHS.
Tupelo boys beat Starkville for third time
STARKVILLE — Without injured starters Gavin Ware and Jacolby Mobley, Starkville High School basketball fans might have been unsure of what to expect in Friday’s district championship against rival Tupelo.
The Golden Wave already owned two wins — by a combined three points — against the Yellow Jackets in regular season play.