Meet Your Coach

Co-Founder, Patterson Sports Ventures | Founder, Life Training Academy | Creator, CHAMP10N Sports Life Coaching®

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Carlette Patterson has spent more than 30 years working in professional, collegiate, and amateur sports, coaching athletes, coaches, executives, teams, and organizations to win in sport – and in life.

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A former college athlete and nationally ranked swim coach, Carlette's career has included work with the National Football League (NFL), NBA Development League, collegiate athletics, and organizations around the world. She founded Patterson Sports Ventures and the nonprofit Y.E.S. (You Equal Success), created and sold a wellness company, and, after being trained by renowned life coach Martha Beck, created CHAMP10N Sports Life Coaching® and Certification.

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Carlette's accomplishments and life work include:

• Creator of Personal, Professional and Philanthropic Development Brands:

  • Champion Sports Life Coaching and Certification®

  • Champion Wellbeing® and Certification

  • Chief Wellbeing Officers and Certification®

  • MeQ®

  • Life Training Academy

  • 10 Talks Podcast

  • Sports Philanthropy League®

  • Club 10

  • Character Code

  • Global Athlete League

  • Sports Super Heroes

  • Author, speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and creator of the 3D High-Performance System

Personally, Carlette is committed to living a life she loves and being INTENT10NAL about living what matters. As the mother of three adult daughters, she is passionate about supporting them – and others – as they discover who they are, what they want, and how they can use their lives to be part of something bigger than themselves. Her personal philosophy is simple: Life is a Team Sport. Live Your 10 Life.

Professionally, Carlette believes our life work honors who we are and the unique gifts we have been given to share. Through Life Training Academy, Patterson Sports Ventures, and Sports Life Coaching, she is committed to training athletes, coaches, leaders, and organizations to pursue Competitive Greatness while developing the skills to win beyond their profession.

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Carlette's leadership philosophy is No Heart Left Behind – a commitment to discovering greatness in people, performance, and purpose while remembering that every person matters. She believes leadership is not simply about achieving results; it is about how we lead, develop, support, challenge, and care for the people entrusted to us.

Carlette also writes lyrics for Sports Life Coaching music, transforming coaching principles into songs that help people listen, learn, remember, and live the tools they are being trained to use. Music is another extension of her commitment to helping people Train Their Brain 2 Win Their Life.

Her professional work is grounded in a 3D approach to human development: Personal. Professional. Philanthropic.

Philanthropically, Carlette believes we are called to Live It 2 Give It. Her commitment to Sports Philanthropy spans more than two decades, including the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy and the creation of G.I.V.E.H.O.P.E. – Get. Involved. Volunteer. Educate. Help. Other. People. Excel. Her goal is to help every person understand one powerful truth: You and your life matter – and how you live your life can give someone else H.O.P.E.

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Carlette's 3D life philosophy brings all three dimensions together:

PERSONALLY — BE ME.
Live what matters and become who you are created to be.

PROFESSIONALLY — BUILD WE.
Lead with No Heart Left Behind and use your gifts, relationships, and life work to create Competitive Greatness.

PHILANTHROPICALLY — G.I.V.E. H.O.P.E.
Live It 2 Give It and use your influence to help other people excel.

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That is how Carlette defines winning the Journey of Life- 3D - and the foundation of the Life Training Academy.