"THE COACH CARTER"

COACH CARTER (Samuel L. Jackson), a star athlete himself in an inner-city California high school, returns to coach the team. But he's not the typical coach. He insists that each player sign a contract that includes wearing jacket and tie on game days, attending and sitting in the front row of all classes, and maintaining a higher grade point average than the minimum required for participation in sports. Many of the team members are struggling with other pressures, from a pregnant girlfriend (played by pop star Ashanti) to the money and excitement of street crime. Some of the players drop out. But some stay in, and the team begins to win. When Carter discovers that most of the players were not living up to their contracts, he padlocks the gym, refusing to let them play until all of them were caught up with their schoolwork and made good on all of their promises. This draws the ire of school officials and parents alike.

Main message of Coach Carter is:

Carter tries to show his players that high school basketball is not about winning but about?discipline, respect and the confidence to accomplish any goal.