Valparaiso University

After finishing his collegiate career at Valpo in 2014, playing professionally for eight years in Europe and most recently working with Adidas Basketball, Lavonte Dority has returned to Valpo as the program's Recruiting & Player Development Coach under head coach Roger Powell Jr., who was an assistant coach under Bryce Drew during Dority's playing days. Dority, who was Powell's first recruit during his first stint on Valpo's staff, joined the staff prior to the 2025-26 season. 
  
After starting his collegiate career at the University of South Florida, the Foreman High School product and Chicago native transferred to Valpo at the semester break during the 2011-12 season and became eligible in December 2012 after sitting out due to transfer rules. He helped Valpo win the 2013 Horizon League championship and was a senior in 2013-14 on a young team that featured Alec Peters as a freshman.
  
Dority was named the Horizon League Sixth Man of the Year in 2012-13 and earned first-team all-league honors in 2013-14, also garnering All-District 12 Second Team status that season. He earned weekly awards from the league office on three occasions. In his hometown of Chicago, Dority scored 33 points on Feb. 1, 2014 at UIC. He averaged 8.6 points per game in 2012-13 before a team-high 15.7 points per game in 2013-14, when he started all 34 contests.
  
Dority played for the Kircheim Knights (2014-15, Germany), Francavilla Fontana (2016-17, Italy), Den Helder Suns (2017-18, Dutch Basketball League), Dutch Windmills (2018-19, Dutch Basketball League) and T71 Dudelange (2019-20, Luxembourgian Total League). During his post playing days, he has run events and done talent evaluating on the AAU circuit for Adidas Basketball.