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Boeheim Joins McLendon Foundation Minority Leadership Intitiative
7/28/2020 9:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim has joined a number of prominent college mentors in the McLendon Foundation Minority Leadership Initiative.
According to the Initiative website, minorityleaders.org, "the purpose of the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) is to provide minorities a jump-start to their careers through practical experiences, opportunities to build their network, and instilling the values of John McLendon: Integrity, Education, Leadership, and Mentorship."
Boeheim, along with program co-chairs Tommy Amaker (Harvard) and John Calipari (Kentucky), and many other college basketball coaches, are serving as Initiative Ambassadors. The coach-driven Initiative is designed to "create access to and opportunity for meaningful employment experience for minority canddidates).
McLendon was the basketball coach at North Carolina Central (1940-52), Hampton Institute (1952-54), Tennessee State (1954-59), Kentucky State (1963-66) and Cleveland State (1966-69). When he was hired at Cleveland State, McLendon became the first black basketball coach at a predominantly white institution. He was a part of the U.S. men's basketball coaching staff that competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. Following his time at Cleveland State, he was hired as the head coach of the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA).
A member of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, McLendon passed away in 1999.
Among the other coaches involved in the Initiative as Ambassadors are ACC mentors Tony Bennett (Virginia), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Chris Mack (Louisville), Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech), and Roy Williams (North Carolina).
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According to the Initiative website, minorityleaders.org, "the purpose of the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) is to provide minorities a jump-start to their careers through practical experiences, opportunities to build their network, and instilling the values of John McLendon: Integrity, Education, Leadership, and Mentorship."
Boeheim, along with program co-chairs Tommy Amaker (Harvard) and John Calipari (Kentucky), and many other college basketball coaches, are serving as Initiative Ambassadors. The coach-driven Initiative is designed to "create access to and opportunity for meaningful employment experience for minority canddidates).
McLendon was the basketball coach at North Carolina Central (1940-52), Hampton Institute (1952-54), Tennessee State (1954-59), Kentucky State (1963-66) and Cleveland State (1966-69). When he was hired at Cleveland State, McLendon became the first black basketball coach at a predominantly white institution. He was a part of the U.S. men's basketball coaching staff that competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. Following his time at Cleveland State, he was hired as the head coach of the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA).
A member of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, McLendon passed away in 1999.
Among the other coaches involved in the Initiative as Ambassadors are ACC mentors Tony Bennett (Virginia), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Chris Mack (Louisville), Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech), and Roy Williams (North Carolina).
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