Len Elmore

Len Elmore is a former collegiate basketball All American at The University of Maryland at College Park, whose career includes a ten-year professional basketball player in the ABA and NBA, an attorney, and a 35-year national network television sports announcer. After his basketball career, Len earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987, and is the first and, thus far, the only NBA player to graduate from that institution.

Len legal career experience includes service as a Assistant District Attorney in Kings County (Brooklyn) NY, as Senior Counsel and partner with several law firms and CEO for several organizations.

Currently, Len is a Senior Lecturer in the Columbia University Sports Management Program where he was awarded the 2019 Dean’s Excellence Award and was 2022 Commencement Speaker at The Columbia University School for Professional Studies.

Len also serves as co-Chair on the Knight Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics (knightcommission.org), an independent organization that has a long history of advocacy for transformational reforms in college sports to ensure that college sports aligns with the educational mission of higher education institutions.

Len has served on the boards of Lee Enterprises, 1800Flowers.com. He is currently a director and chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on the board of Byrna Technologies Inc.