Arizona Wildcats head coach Tommy Lloyd was one of four head coaches to help launch the Bill Walton Foundation on Monday, contributing to a $32,000 donation alongside UCLA’s Mick Cronin, Gonzaga’s Mark Few, and Purdue’s Matt Painter – the four head coaches at the Hall of Fame Series event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The four coaches each made an $8,000 donation for the combined $32,000, in honor of Walton’s jersey No. 32.
The gift will help jumpstart the Bill Walton Foundation’s “Shine On Scholarship”, which is set up to provide college scholarships for young people overcoming homelessness in the four cities Walton played – San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, and Boston…