Sources tell KCRA 3’s Michelle Dapper Sacramento State will hire Alonzo Carter as their next head football coach and the deal will be finalized Monday.Carter is an Oakland native and has been coaching alongside Arizona head coach, Brent Brennan since they were at San Jose State in 2017.Before San Jose State, Carter was a head coach for 18 years at Berkeley High School and McClymonds High School in the Bay Area with an all-time record of 129-69-3.Carter became head coach at Contra Costa College, a junior college in Northern California and was inducted into the Contra Costa College Athletics Hall of Fame last year.Prior to his coaching career, Carter was a backup dancer to hip-hop artist M.C. Hammer.Carter will be the 14th head coach in program history. He will be taking over a team that finished with a 7-5 record in 2025 under coach Brennan Marion, who accepted Colorado’s offensive coordinator job earlier this month. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

Sources tell KCRA 3’s Michelle Dapper Sacramento State will hire Alonzo Carter as their next head football coach and the deal will be finalized Monday.

Carter is an Oakland native and has been coaching alongside Arizona head coach, Brent Brennan since they were at San Jose State in 2017.

Before San Jose State, Carter was a head coach for 18 years at Berkeley High School and McClymonds High School in the Bay Area with an all-time record of 129-69-3.

Carter became head coach at Contra Costa College, a junior college in Northern California and was inducted into the Contra Costa College Athletics Hall of Fame last year.

Prior to his coaching career, Carter was a backup dancer to hip-hop artist M.C. Hammer.

Carter will be the 14th head coach in program history. He will be taking over a team that finished with a 7-5 record in 2025 under coach Brennan Marion, who accepted Colorado’s offensive coordinator job earlier this month.

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