LEXINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari's plan to provide more opportunities for minorities in college athletic departments is ready to begin.
Calipari, Harvard coach Tommy Amaker and 35 other college coaches are partnering with the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation to launch the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative, which is described as a "coach-driven program to create access to and opportunity for meaningful employment experience for minority candidates — known as MLI Future Leaders — and enhancing their career options."
Calipari will fund five MLI Future Leaders each year for six years. UK plans to join the program for the 2020-21 athletics season.