| Richard Carter | |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1919 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1935–1936 |
| Player Team2: | Graceland JC (IA) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1946–1956 |
| Coach Team2: | Graceland JC (IA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1957–1959 |
| Coach Team3: | Graceland |
| Coach Years4: | 1962 |
| Coach Team4: | Central Missouri |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1947–1957 |
| Coach Team6: | Graceland JC (IA) |
| Overall Record: | 61–29–4 (junior college football) 10–19–2 (college football) |
Richard A. Carter (February 21, 1919 – April 22, 2002) was an American football and basketball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, first as a junior college coach from 1947 to 1956 and then transitioning the program to a four-year, varsity unit beginning in 1957 until 1959.[2] Carter spent one season as the head football coach at the University of Central Missouri in 1962.[3]