Power 96.5 Lansing Legends 2020:

Carlton Valentine

CARLTON VALENTINE IS A HUSBAND, DAD, AND FORMER
BASKETBALL PLAYER/COACH AND TRAINER. HE WAS RECRUITED
BY COACH TOM IZZO TO PLAY FOR COACH JUD HEATHCOTE AT
MSU FROM 1984-1988. VALENTINE CONTINUED TO PLAY
PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE ILLINOIS EXPRESS AS WELL AS
OVERSEAS IN SWEDEN.
AS THE HEAD BOYS BASKETBALL COACH AT LANSING SEXTON HIGH SCHOOL,
WHERE HE TOOK HIS TEAM TO THE STATE FINALS 3 YEARS IN A
ROW FROM 2010 TO 2012. WHILE AT SEXTON, CARLTON WAS
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO COACH BOTH HIS SONS, DREW AND
DENZEL, DENZEL BEING ON BOTH OF HIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAMS. IN 2011, HE FOUNDED ELITE NATION AAU BASKETBALL
CLUB, WHERE HE COACHES THE AGE 17 AND UNDER TEAM. HE
DOES ALL THIS WHILE HOLDING A POSITION AS THE BASKETBALL
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT SPARROW'S
MICHIGAN ATHLETIC CLUB IN EAST LANSING. THERE HE DOES
BASKETBALL CAMPS AND CLINICS, AS WELL AS TRAINING
SESSIONS FOR AGES 10 AND UP. CARLTON IS A GUS MACKER
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER!