The UCF men's basketball team added Carlos Dotson to the staff in May 2024 as an assistant coach with a focus in player development.
Dotson has created a quick ascent for himself in his young professional career. The Riverdale, Md. comes to UCF after being on staff with the Los Angeles Clippers as a player development coach, in which he was responsible for helping players elevate their game, scout opponents and assist head coach Tyronn Lue and staff in game planning.
Prior to his season with the Clippers, Dotson was a video intern with the Charlotte Hornets for the 2022-23 campaign. He was a graduate assistant at Clemson for the team’s 2021-22 season.
Dotson’s playing career includes time in professional basketball overseas with stops in France, Uruguay and Portugal. His international career began in June 2019 before he arrived back in the United States at Clemson to be a graduate assistant in May 2021.
Dotson played at three different stops during his collegiate basketball career. He began at Anderson, a Division II school, where he posted 10.9 points per game in his first full season. He then attended College of Central Florida in Ocala where he posted 13.3 points per contest as well as 7.8 rebounds per game. His career continued to flourish as he joined Western Carolina for his final two years of eligibility, earning a pair of All-SoCon selections, earning third team honors as a junior and first team honors as a senior. He averaged 15.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, including 17.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game in league play. He finished the year shooting 61.0% from the field and was a two-time SoCon Player of the Week and February SoCon Player of the Month recipient. He was a Lou Henson All-America Team member and claimed a spot on the NABC All-District 21 First Team in 2019-20. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in sociology in May 2021.
Dotson moved to Spartanburg, S.C. to attend Dorman High School, where he played basketball as well as a defensive end for the football team before ultimately turning his focus to basketball. Dotson averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game in his senior season at Dorman and scored 14 points in the North-South All-Star game.
Dotson arrived at UCF with high praises from many big names in the professional basketball world. A few quotes from players he has worked with are below.