Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- khcarter@syr.edu
Khyreed Carter was promoted to associate head coach in August 2026 after serving as a member of Felisha Legette-Jack's staff since she took the reins at Syracuse, joining the women's basketball program on April 11, 2022. In his four seasons on staff, Carter has helped guide the Orange to three postseason appearances, three 20-win seasons, and two NCAA Tournament second-round berths. He mentored All-American and third all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's basketball history Dyaisha Fair, who was drafted in the second round of the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Las Vegas Aces.
In 2025-26, Carter helped guide Syracuse to a 24-9 overall record and a 12-6 mark in the ACC, with the Orange advancing to the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Carter's top focus with the Orange has been player development, a skill he excelled in during his five years at the University at Buffalo prior to joining Legette-Jack at Syracuse.
While at Buffalo, Carter worked with the guards for five years. During that stretch, UB had a guard rank top five in the nation in scoring and twice win MAC Freshman of the Year honors.
Under Carter's guidance, the Bulls had a top-5 scorer in the country in four consecutive seasons from 2018-22 in Cierra Dillard and Dyaisha Fair. Buffalo ranked top-20 in the country in assists and assists to turnover ratio three times during his tenure in the Queen City and in 2018 UB led the nation in free throw attempts and free throws made.
In Carter's first season at Buffalo, the Bulls reached historic success with a 29-6 overall record. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history, becoming the first program in the State University of New York (SUNY) system to advance to a Division I Sweet Sixteen on both the men's and women's side. They ranked No. 21 in the final USA Today Top-25 Coaches Poll and had three All-MAC Second Team honorees.
In 2019, Buffalo won the MAC Tournament and finished 24-10 overall with Dillard earning MAC Tournament MVP honors and All-MAC First Team recognition. Dillard went on to become the first WNBA Draft Pick in program history when she was selected 22nd overall by the Minnesota Lynx. She was a finalist on the Dawn Staley Award Watch List and was Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America.
In Fair's freshman season at UB, she was named MAC Freshman of the Year and helped Buffalo to a 19-12 record. The following season Buffalo went 15-9 overall while Fair emerged as one of the top guards in the country as a Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist and a top-10 finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award.
In his final season at Buffalo, Carter helped guide the Bulls back to the NCAA Tournament after they earned the league's automatic bid with another MAC Tournament Championship. Fair was again a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award and was an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American. Freshman Georgia Woolley became the second UB guard to earn MAC Freshman of the Year honors under Carter's guidance.
Carter began his career in women's college basketball as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, his alma mater, in 2015. He assisted the coaches in all daily basketball operations, pre-game scout presentations, on-campus recruiting visits, team meals and oversaw the 20-member male scout team.
Carter is a two-time graduate of Michigan State earning his bachelor's degree in journalism in 2015 and a master's degree in kinesiology and exercise science in 2017. While an undergraduate, he was a member of the scout team, served as scout team captain and was a camp counselor for both Suzy Merchant and Tom Izzo's basketball summer camps.
Carter resides in Syracuse with his wife Kyla G'19, who earned her master's in African American studies from the College of Arts and Sciences, and their three daughters.Â
