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2006-07 Men's Basketball
Coaching Staff
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ROCK CARTER
Head Coach
rcarter@whittier.edu
Carter returns for his
12th season at the helm of Poets after assisting Dave
Jacobs for four years. Carter is a native of San Diego,
where he was twice named All-Conference and Team MVP at
his high school alma mater. Carter played two seasons in
the Poet program before trading in his high tops for a
whistle in 1988. In 1989 Carter graduated from Whittier
with a degree in Physical Education.That same year he was
named to the Whittier basketball staff full time,assisting
Dave Jacobs and working as Sports Information Director. |
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From 1989-1993 he served as
the Junior Varsity Head Coach where he amassed a .681
winning percentage. Carter served as the Head Golf Coach
from 1991-94 as well as interim Head Coach in 1993-'94.
During the past eight years Whittier has
built consistency in the program and has had 18 ALL-SCIAC performers and one Ducey Award recipient. With 9 solid
returnees and a number of top quality recruits,
Carter hopes to add to that total, as well as a Conference Championship. During the summer months Rock serves as
the Director of the Whittier College Sports Camp and Swim Club, serving Whittier and surrounding communities. Among
other clinics and camps, Coach Carter is also the Director of the Whittier College Basketball Camp, a highly
successful camp for Whittier's youth. Rock and his lovely wife, Megan, reside in Whittier with their son Jacob (13)
and daughter Caroline (18 months).
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MARK
JENSEN
Assistant Coach
First year assistant Mark
Jensen is no stranger to Whittier College. He graduated in
2000 with a degree in History and shortly thereafter
married his wife Emily. Coach Jensen and his wife have two
young boys: Devon and Drew. He played two years of junior
college basketball at Cypress College before transferring
to Whittier in 1998, where he finished his playing career
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Coach Jensen began pursuing
coaching right after completing his degree at Whittier in
the spring of 2000. He returned to Cypress to help coach
the men’s team in 2000-2001 and then moved with his wife
to Eastern Washington University, outside of Spokane to
pursue a Master’s Degree in History. While in Washington,
he was an assistant to former N.B.A. All-Star Craig Ehlo
at Rogers High School. He credits coach Ehlo for
influencing the way he approaches teaching the details of
the game. In 2002, Coach Jensen returned to southern
California and began coaching at Rio Hondo College under
head coach Steve Hebert. He’s been there for the last
three years and now brings that experience to Whittier’s
men’s program. He is extremely excited about the
opportunity to coach at his alma mater and is positive
about the possibilities and progress of this year’s team. |
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