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About The Coach Lee Rose Foundation

The Coach Lee Rose Foundation's Mission is to help underserved youth through educational scholarships, athletic camps, and to help our special needs community. As a young boy growing up in Eastern Kentucky, Rose never knew his father. With the support of his high school coaches and teachers, he received the first-full athletic scholarship to Transylvania University. This led to a Hall-of-Fame coaching career that spanned 53 years. Rose took two teams to the Final Four, UNCC in 1977 and Purdue in 1980. He was a coach and executive in the NBA for over 20 years and was instrumental in the creation of the NBA D-League and ran the Pre-Draft Combine for 15 years. He and his wife of 66 years, Eleanor, worked tirelessly from 2005 to 2017 in Kentucky's Appalachian Region. From 2005 to 2017, they traveled to 42 counties and spoke to more than 11,000 middle school students. Coach Rose connected with them and encouraged them to stay in school and use education as a tool to success. Coach Rose's favorite quote was "One true measure of a person is how they treat those who are in absolutely no position to help them." Coach Rose treated everyone the same – with kindness and empathy. He lived a humble and powerful life -and his impact is simply immeasurable.