SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When the news came in February that Sacramento State’s elevation to the highest level of college football would come a year earlier than expected with an invitation to the Mid-American Conference, coach Alonzo Carter broke out his old dance moves and performed the “Return of the Mack” for his players.Then it was time to get to work as Carter had been on the job for only about two months and his one-year runway for the transition from being a Championship Subdivision team to an Bowl Subdivision team was gone.“It was post signing day, post portal period closing so it was a little surprise,” he said. “We knew there was a possibility, but we figured we’d have a year to build it. But once it sunk in and it was going to be ‘26, I went back to my players and told them, ’Hey man, we’re playing this now.’”From MC Hammer dancer to football coach Luckily for Carter, both dancing and coaching football are second nature for him. The former backup dancer and choreographer for legendary rap star MC Hammer has spent more than three decades as a football coach, going from a head coach at the high school and junior college level near his hometown of Oakland to an assistant at both San Jose State and Arizona.