Mike Carr joined Kevin Baggett’s staff as Director of Operations in October 2021. His responsibilities include managing the day-to-day administrative components of the program, including logistics of travel, meals, and scheduling. He assists the staff in the areas of player development, film/scouting, academics, and on-campus recruiting. He also oversees the student manager program and coordinates summer camps.
Prior to joining Baggett’s staff at Rider, Carr spent one season as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Nevada under Head Coach, Steve Alford. While at Nevada, he assisted the coaching staff with player development and film/scouting. He played a role in the development of two 2020-2021 All-Mountain West Conference selections.
Before joining Alford’s staff at the University of Nevada, Carr spent the 2019-2020 season at the Junior College level where he served as an assistant coach on Collin Dimitroff’s staff at Wallace State (NJCAA D1) in Hanceville, AL. The 2019-2020 coaching staff at Wallace State was one of the youngest coaching staffs in all of college basketball, with an average age of 23.6 years. In his one season in Hanceville, Carr helped Dimitroff lead the Lions to a winning season, while producing two all-conference players, and sending three members of the 2020 graduating class on to compete at four-year institutions.
Before the start of the 2019-2020 season, Carr spent three months in New York City working for Pro-Reps Performance as a Player Development Coach. He trained and assisted in the development of players of all ages and skill-levels, from grade-school to pro, in various gyms across Manhattan and Queens. He worked individually with actor Daniel Lee Bellomy, as he prepared for his role as “Zeke,” a basketball player in the STARZ network series Power Book II: Ghost.
Carr is a 2019 graduate of Indiana University where he received a degree in finance from the Kelley School of Business. He was a three-year student-manager for the men’s basketball team under both Tom Crean and Archie Miller. During his college years, he worked summer camps at several schools, including Indiana, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Boston College, Xavier, UAlbany, Nevada, and Rider.
