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Coach Bentley shares his journey of overcoming so much and keeping a positive attitude throughout everything. He was born with Achondroplasia Dwarfism, but refuses to let that get in the way of his desire to coach college basketball. After realizing that he was not going to be able to play at the HS level he told the HC that he was going to be their manager. In his first season as a Student Manager the team won the state championship! Coach Bentley originally had big dreams of being a manager at Clemson, but after meeting Coach Jason Taylor - he was encouraged to be a Student Assistant Coach at Anderson University. In his five years at Anderson (AC during his 5th year) the team made it to the NCAA D2 National Tournament three season. They racked up an Elite 8, Sweet 16 and a SAC Regular Season Championship during his time there. The program's success was a testament to the hard work that the coaching staff and players put in. Coach Bentley continued to grow as a basketball coach by working campus such as Wake Forest, Wofford, Texas, and numerous others and did a tremendous job of networking and building genuine relationships. In addition to coaching at Anderson, he's been involved with AAU basketball serving as the HC of the Upward Stars program based in South Carolina. He's done a great job recruiting and coaching his players. Unfortunately he had a minor setback when the doctors told him that he needed to go under the knife for surgery to repair the Spinal Stenosis of the lumbar vertebrae that had developed and didn't have insurance to cover it. Coach was encouraged to start a GoFundMe page and was able to raise enough money to get medical insurance to cover the surgery and various rehab treatments - former Duke and NBA player Jay Williams reached out to Coach Bentley and he graciously donated towards the cause and developed a friendship. The past five years Coach Bentley as been on staff at Hargrave Military Academy, winning a national championship in his first season. He's continued to become a better coach and refuses to let anything get in his way of pursuing his dreams.