Michael Sorrell on Leading Paul Quinn College, Purpose and Mission, and the Future of the NCAA
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Michael Sorrell discusses his transformative leadership at Paul Quinn College and the future of college athletics.
Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell shares his bold transformation of an HBCU campus that nearly closed; ditching football to build a community farm, pioneering the work college model, unveiling an iconic gym etched with civil rights history, and candid takes on NIL, the recruitment of his hoops prodigy son, and the NCAA's uncertain future.
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