Robbie Valentine Enterprises: Meet Our Team

Robbie Valentine

Robbie Valentine knows what it takes to succeed. A scholarship athlete on the University of Louisville’s 1986 NCAA championship basketball team, he graduated the following year with a degree in education and served as a student assistant coach to Denny Crum. He was inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame in 2000.

Robbie founded Robbie Valentine Enterprises in 1991 to help children through clinics and camps, motivational speeches, organizing charity basketball games as well as the STARS Club Education Program. He serves the community by serving on numerous boards, including: Dare to Care; Boys and Girls Clubs; University of Louisville Alumni Association; Juvenile Justice Crime Commission; Jeffersonville Human Relations Commission; Champions Against Drugs; DARE; and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was recognized for his devotion to charitable causes by having the street he grew up on renamed “Robbie Valentine Drive.” In 2002, Jeffersonville Indiana gave Robbie their " Best and Brightest Award." A tireless worker, Robbie’s speaking engagements number more than 450 a year, where he preaches the doctrine that hard work and education can take a student anywhere they want to go. Robbie also serves as an analyst on University of Louisville basketball telecasts on WDRB.

Darryl Murray

A native of Radcliff, Kentucky, Darryl Murray earned a basketball scholarship to the University of Tennessee and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. He served as a manager for Foot Locker before joining lifelong friend Robbie Valentine in 1991 to help create and implement the STARS Club Education Program. He is currently the Executive Director of the STARS Club Education Program and goes out into the schools on a regular basis.

He is active in his community, serving on the boards of such groups as: Hoops for Heart with the American Heart Association; Juvenile Justice Crime Commission; JCPS Middle School Coalition; is the current president of the Radcliff Chapter of Optimist International; Juvenile Delinquency Prevention; Fellowship of Christian Athletes: D.A.R.E.: Bridges; and as a Children’s Church Pastor at Life Line Assembly of God. He is now serving as a parent representative on the Site Based Decision Making Council at Vine Grove Elementary, and he conducts numerous basketball clinics throughout the year. Darryl is active in the organization of charity events, raising more than $250,000. He averages 400 speaking engagements a year. To contact Darryl, email dmurray52@aol.com.