Alabama high school coach extradited from Florida on charges of sex acts with student
The head football coach at a south Alabama high school has been extradited from Florida following his arrest there on Friday.
Clarke County High School Coach Robert “Rob” Carter, 55, is charged with 11 crimes involving a student at the high school.
Court records made public Monday state the alleged crimes happened between December and early February.
Carter is charged in Clarke County with four counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student, four counts of distributing or soliciting obscene material from a student, and three counts of soliciting a sex act with a student.
His attorney on Monday declined comment.
Charging documents state Carter had sex with the student on Jan. 25, Jan. 29, Feb. 1 and Feb. 4.
Additionally, Carter is accused of sending photos of male genitalia to the student on four different occasions between Christmas Eve and Jan. 29.
In three other instances, records state, Carter solicited sex from the student.
The warrants against Carter were issued Friday.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested him at 4:15 p.m. Friday during a traffic stop on State Road 85 near Niceville, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson.
Carter was booked into the Okaloosa Department of Corrections just before 5 p.m. Friday.
He was released Sunday afternoon and booked into the Clarke County Jail on bonds totaling $122,000.
As a condition of release, Carter is prohibited from having any contact with the victim. He is also required to wear an ankle monitor and remain in the state.
Beauregard coach Rob Carter celebrates the 27-13 win over Wenonah in the AHSAA Super 7 Class 5A championship at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (Julie Bennett/[email protected])Julie Bennett | [email protected]
Clarke County Schools superintendent Ashlie Flowers confirmed to AL.com on Saturday that Carter was placed on administrative leave on Feb. 18.
In a release, Flowers said she has been in close contact with law enforcement during the course of the investigation and said the school system has fully cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so.
“As the leader of Clarke County Schools, I expect professionalism and integrity from my faculty and staff,” Flowers said in the release.
“I and the school system take reports of misconduct by employees seriously and work closely with the school administration or law enforcement to ensure appropriate action is taken. The safety and well-being of our students is always top priority. I appreciate the outstanding work of our administrative team, dedicated school resource officer and local law enforcement during this process.”
The suspension came amid the investigation led by the Grove Hill Police Department, the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office and the 1st Judicial Major Crimes Task Force.
Carter is 15-10 in two seasons as Clarke County’s head coach. His team went 8-4 in Class 2A in 2024, losing at Ariton in the second round of the playoffs.
He spent seven years, from 2014 until 2020, as head coach at Beauregard, leading the team to the Class 5A state title in 2016.
He was head coach at Sylacauga in 2021 and 2022.
In 12 years overall as a head coach, he is 73-51 with a 12-7 playoff record.
AL.com reporter Ben Thomas contributed to this report.