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Former UA track coach gets 5 years in prison for assaulting athlete

Related Topics: Alger Hiss, Prison, Athlete, Assault

A former Arizona Wildcats assistant track and field coach will serve five years in prison for threatening a former athlete with a box cutter.

Craig Carter, 50, was sentenced Monday, the Arizona Daily Star reported. He was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault — one with a deadly weapon — on March 30, nearly three years after he was arrested for choking former UA thrower Baillie Gibson in his McKale Center office while threatening her with a box cutter. The pair had previously been involved in a sexual relationship, which Gibson maintains was not consensual.