Levelle Moton

Raleigh, N.C. — LeVelle Moton Park is officially open in Raleigh. The City of Raleigh renamed the park on Saturday in honor of the local philanthropist and men's head basketball coach at North Carolina Central. Moton grew up playing basketball at that same park, formally known as Lane Street...

LeVelle Moton has a lot of friends, and many of them greeted him with warm hugs as he entered the Raleigh park that now bears his name.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN)–“I don’ t like looking at my face anyway like it’s weird,” said Levelle Moton when asked how he feels about his mural in downtown Raleigh. Those are humble words for a nationally recognized basketball coach who’s now giving back to his community every chance he gets. CBS 17’s Randi Ayala spoke with Levelle Moton earlier this year after the unveiling of his new mural.

Moton, now the North Carolina Central men’s basketball coach, would park himself in front of the hour-long television program, learning about everything from sex to drugs to how to cope with the traps that waited for him everyday outside his Southeast Raleigh apartment. The talk show, which aired on...

North Carolina Central men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton grew up in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, yet he pledged his football allegiance to the Pittsburgh Steelers at an early age. Years later, his Steelers fandom would aid him in building a strong bond with one of the franchise’s winningest coaches, Mike Tomlin.

NCCU Eagles head coach LeVelle Moton talks about establishing jobs and tackling financial literacy at the Invesco QQQ HBCU Legacy Classic Basketball Showcase and Career Summit

The last name of the accomplished coach and leader is painted in five, giant letters on a wall in the city that saw him rise from a childhood of struggle to college basketball stardom. N.C. Central University basketball coach LeVelle Moton is seeing his life and those who helped him...