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Funeral arrangements have been set for legendary Tennessee high school football coach Carlton Flatt, who died on March 23 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease.
Flatt won 10 TSSAA football state championships along with 10 runner-up finishes in 34 years at Brentwood Academy. He started the high school program.
Flatt was born on April 22, 1943, to Roscoe and Ruthelia Flatt and was a star athlete at Cumberland High School before playing football for Austin Peay, where he was a team captain, first-team All-OVC, OVC Offensive Player of the Year and a Little All-American honorable mention.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on March 27 at Forest Hills Baptist Church, located at 2101 Old Hickory Blvd in Nashville. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., March 29 in the Brentwood Academy gymnasium.
The Flatt family has asked that guests wear school colors or their favorite Brentwood Academy apparel — shirts, jerseys, letter jackets, etc.
Flatt was a teacher and athletic director at Brentwood Academy. He finished with a 355-68-3 record. He has the third-most wins in the state.
More: From Kent Austin to Jalen Ramsey, meet the all-time Brentwood Academy football team
Flatt was named Nashville's greatest high school football coach since 1960 by The Tennessean in 2023.
The Brentwood Academy football field is named in his honor and he's a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Austin Peay Athletics Hall of Fame.
Reach Tom Kreager at 615-259-8089 or [email protected] and on X @Kreager.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Carlton Flatt funeral arrangements set
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Flatt won 10 TSSAA football state championships along with 10 runner-up finishes in 34 years at Brentwood Academy. He started the high school program.
Flatt was born on April 22, 1943, to Roscoe and Ruthelia Flatt and was a star athlete at Cumberland High School before playing football for Austin Peay, where he was a team captain, first-team All-OVC, OVC Offensive Player of the Year and a Little All-American honorable mention.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on March 27 at Forest Hills Baptist Church, located at 2101 Old Hickory Blvd in Nashville. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., March 29 in the Brentwood Academy gymnasium.
The Flatt family has asked that guests wear school colors or their favorite Brentwood Academy apparel — shirts, jerseys, letter jackets, etc.
Flatt was a teacher and athletic director at Brentwood Academy. He finished with a 355-68-3 record. He has the third-most wins in the state.
More: From Kent Austin to Jalen Ramsey, meet the all-time Brentwood Academy football team
Flatt was named Nashville's greatest high school football coach since 1960 by The Tennessean in 2023.
The Brentwood Academy football field is named in his honor and he's a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Austin Peay Athletics Hall of Fame.
Reach Tom Kreager at 615-259-8089 or [email protected] and on X @Kreager.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Carlton Flatt funeral arrangements set
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