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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).