Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has partnered with North Carolina Central men’s basketball head coach LeVelle Moton to help young minority men’s and women’s basketball coaches. Myron Medcalf of ESPN reported the news.
Moton and Tomlin hatched the plan over a decade ago at Steelers training camp, per Medcalf, who said that Moton, a lifelong friend of Tomlin, attends training camp every year.
“It’s not only a moral obligation, but a social responsibility to leave the game and our vocation better than we found it,” Tomlin said in a statement to ESPN.
The two will hold “The Next Up” conference that will look to identify Black and minority head coaches who are rising up the ranks and help them get in front of key decision-makers across the college sports landscape.