Former UConn coach Kevin Ollie has joined a new basketball league designed to provide elite high school players another potential pathway to the NBA.
Ollie will serve as coach and director of player development for Overtime Elite, which markets itself to players between 16 and 18 years old with promises of academic education and a six-figure salary.
The league offers another possible route to reach the NBA in addition to the NCAA, the developmental G League or overseas play.
It's to start in September and features about 30 players all living and playing in a city yet to be named. “I’m ready to get back to what I was born to do: empowering and encouraging and supporting young people, and helping them grow,” Ollie said in a statement.