Devin Carter dad Anthony Carter is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Devin got his impressive height from his dad, who is 6 feet 1 inch tall. 

Carter participated on the varsity squad as a freshman at Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta. But, after his freshman year of high school, Carter dropped out. After leaving school, Carter played basketball professionally in Atlanta throughout his teen years.

Many of Carter’s neighbors chipped in to pay for his GED and college tuition after seeing the potential in Carter’s basketball talents.

From 1994 to 1996, he was a player for Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, California, before transferring to the University of Hawaii.

He played one season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) with the Yakima Sun Kings before going undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft and joining the Miami Heat.

Carter had a spectacular 13-year NBA career, split between the Yakima Sun Kings, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Minnesota Timberwolves, Scafati Basket, Denver Nuggets, and New York Knicks.

Upon his retirement from playing in 2013, Anthony took a coaching position with the NBA Development League’s Austin Spurs in September.

When the Kings needed an assistant coach on July 31, 2015, they turned to Carter, who had previously coached in the NBA’s D-League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce. He has been employed with Miami Heat as a player development coach since September 2021.