Michael Timothy (nicknamed "Jolly") Carter[1] (Hebrew: מייק קרטר; born July 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.
[1][3] Carter played for the Drury Panthers, who in 1978–79 were 33–2 and won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship as he won the 1979 NAIA men's basketball tournament's Charles Stevenson Hustle Award, and who over his two seasons with the team were 62–6.
[1] Carter played for 11 seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, living in the country for 13 years.
[9] Ben plays forward for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
[10] In later years Carter worked security and coached basketball at his son Ben's alma mater, Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, Nevada) for 21 years.