DECATUR, Ala. – Lenette Calvin was a teaching – coaching legend in Sylacauga and Decatur, teaching gymnastics, cheerleading, and lessons of life to thousands of girls. Lenette Calvin died Sunday at 97 and has rejoined her husband, Coach Tom Calvin.
Mrs. Calvin fell just short of her 98th birthday. She was born August 4, 1928.
Alongside her late husband, football coaching icon Tom Calvin, the couple made history as the only husband-and-wife duo inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame. Lenette Calvin had a 60-plus-year coaching career, primarily at Sylacauga High School, Austin High in Decatur, along with her chain of private girls’ gymnastics clinics called ‘Calvin’s Twisters.’ She had a generational impact on girls’ sports in the state.
