On March 25, 2009, arguably one of the greatest players in school history was elevated from Assistant Coach to the position of Head Coach, becoming the 17th to be named in that spot in the program's history.
LeVelle 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
Close to 25 years after the magical run of the 1989 NCAA Division II National Championship team, and just 10 days shy of the fifth anniversary of the day of his official hiring, NCCU soared to its first MEAC Tournament Championship on March 15, 2014 following its 71-62 victory over Morgan State in front of a near-capacity crowd inside the Norfolk Scope Arena. The 2013-14 Eagles tied a school record in wins (28), won the most games in a season for any squad in MEAC history, and was the lowest seed for any league champion in the NCAA Tournament as the maroon and gray earned a 14-seed in the East Region. Moton’s squad finished 15-1 in conference play earning the school’s first Division I regular season title and won 20 straight contests, which set a new NCAA Division I level record for the program.
With the rings of a champion came the accolades as Moton earned MEAC Coach of the Year honors, MEAC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Coach award, and was named the BoxtoRow.com HBCU National Coach of the Year, while earning finalist spots in the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award (Top-Mid-Major Coach), and the Top Minority Coach honor, the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award.
The following year, his sixth season as head coach at NCCU, Moton guided the 2014-15 Eagles to a 25-8 overall record, including a 19-3 mark during the final three-and-a-half months, as well as the school's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. The 2014-15 squad made history by becoming the first men's basketball team in school history to post an unbeaten regular-season conference record at 16-0 to repeat as MEAC regular-season champions. The Eagles were among the top five defenses in Division I, ranking second in field goal percentage defense (behind Kentucky), fourth in three-point field goal percentage defense and fifth in scoring defense. NCCU completed the campaign by extending the second-longest home win streak in Division I at 35 victories in-a-row (behind Arizona). Moton joined hall of fame coach John McLendon and national championship coach Michael Bernard as the only coaches in NCCU men's basketball history to lead the Eagles to three straight 20-win seasons. As a credit to the program's recent success, NCCU boasts the best regular-season conference record during the last three seasons at 46-2, a winning percentage of .959
After NCCU, Moton played four years of professional basketball in Indonesia (1996-97) and Israel (1998-99). Throughout his professional playing career, Moton averaged 25.0 points per contest, and dished out a little more than five assists per game as a pro.
He was head coach at West Millbrook Middle School for three seasons (2001-04) before taking over the Sanderson boys basketball program in 2004.
Moton is a 1992 graduate of Enloe High School in Raleigh, N.C., where he was named Cap5 Player of the Year as a senior.
In December of 2013, Moton received his Master’s degree in Special Education with a focus on Learning Disabilities.
Moton and his wife, Bridget, married on June 28, 2008. They have two children Brooke and LeVelle Jr.
