LeVelle Moton Earns Win 252, Breaks NCCU School Record

DURHAM, N.C. – LeVelle Moton, head coach of the North Carolina Central University Eagles men’s basketball team set the school record for most wins in a career on Friday, December 15 when NCCU defeated St. Andrews Knights 95-56 in the McDougald-McClendon Arena.

This win against St. Andrews gave Moton his 252th win at NCCU and broke his tie at first with Floyd Brown, who finished his career with 251 wins.

A 1996 graduate of NCCU with a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration, Moton became the school’s third all-time leading scorer with 1,714 points during his historic hardwood career as an Eagle from 1992-96, earning the nickname “Poetry `n Moton.”

During his junior and senior seasons, Moton was voted All-CIAA First Team, NCAA Division II South Atlantic All-Region First Team and NCAA Division II All-America Honorable Mention. He was named the 1996 CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and was inducted into the NCCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.

The NCCU Athletics Hall-of-Famer joined the NCCU staff after serving as head boys basketball coach at Sanderson High School in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C. During his three-year tenure (2004-07) at Sanderson, Moton led the Spartans to an overall record of 59-25, while winning back-to-back Cap-7 tournament championships in 2006 and 2007.

Although the coronavirus pandemic cut short the 2019-20 season, the Eagles were still able to capture a fourth MEAC regular season title with a 13-3 mark in league play and an 18-13 overall record.

Moton joined elite company during the 2021-22 season when he won his 200th game on Dec. 9, 2021, against Carver, and he is now the third coach in program history to reach that plateau along with Floyd Brown (251 wins), and John McLendon (239 wins).

NCCU returns to play on Wednesday, December 20 to host Longwood University at 3 PM.