Carl is a lifelong resident of the Sarasota/Manatee County area and has served his community in various roles, including coaching, teaching, and mentoring. He competed in athletics both at the high school and collegiate level and credits his path in life to the coaches who he had over the years. Carl has coached at the youth and high school level and currently is approaching his 300th career win as a high school basketball coach. Carl currently coaches Booker High Basketball where he has been known for his skill development and how his team plays hard, together, and in the right way. Carl has coached several college athletes and enjoys mentoring not only players, but aspiring coaches too. Professionally, Carl works as a middle school administrator and has served in that role for 15 years. Carl has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary social sciences and both master’s and doctorate degrees in Educational Leadership.

Carl has the letter “C” for Courage. Carl states that he chose courage because, “I came from a home where my mother tried her best to provide a stable home for my siblings and, even when my father died when I was six years old from cancer, my mother led by courage. Seeing how my mother had to deal with her grief of losing my father and trying to navigate a world for us when it seemed like her world changed literally overnight, was nothing short of inspiring to me. My mother could have just given up and chosen several negative roads; instead, my mother kept the promise to my dad she made to him on his death bed. My dad asked her to keep us on the right path, and she did that. There were times when I know that the only two things that kept my mother going were faith in God and her courage to uphold that promise. So, courage is my word because when I think about courage I think about my God and my mother…I cannot and will not let them down. Why? Because they blessed me with courage.”