Oregon men's basketball coach Dana Altman and his 11 colleagues from around the Pac-12 Conference have pledged their support for a new initiative designed to help up-and-coming minority candidates in collegiate athletics.
Altman and the other conference coaches each have pledged up to $33,000 annually and will provide fundraising and mentorship for the initiative's participants. Conference administrators have approved the creation of annual appointments between 10 and 12 months for program participants at each Pac-12 campus.
The program was announced Monday by the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation, and will be known as the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative.