Many sports figures and public personalities are coming out with their support of the black community in response to the tragic death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
It is gripping the nation and Ohio State head coach is in a unique position as a head coach of a big-time college basketball program, one that has a lot of black, American athletes he’s directing and establishing relationships with.
As such, he was moved to release a statement on the situation and what continues to happen in this country. In it, Holtmann uses a quote from the venerable Martin Luther King, Jr. and follows up with his own statement.
You can get a look at it in its entirety below.
We cannot agree with Holtmann more. This country is fractured right now, and we need to find some way collectively to try and repair relationships, repair the past, and treat everyone equally and with the same love and kindness we would with our own family and friends.
Something has to change for the better. We must be better. Our history forward as a nation depends on it.
