COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball head coach Chris Holtmann released a statement expressing his thoughts regarding the recent events in Minneapolis. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/xu0lPBVM1t — Chris Holtmann (@ChrisHoltmann) May 29, 2020 Following the death of George Floyd — an unarmed African American — while in the custody of the Minneapolis police department, the city broke out in riots. Holtmann tweeted out his thoughts along with a quote from the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holtmann is entering his fourth year as Ohio State’s head coach. As he points out in his statement, he is the leader of a program that has three black assistant coaches along with a 2020-21 roster that feature eight black players. In three seasons he has compiled…
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