Sam Pellom was out of the NBA before our current coaches for football, men's basketball, and women's basketball were born. It's nice that we have a NBA alum, but I think @DooleyBull06 was talking about a NBA break through:
In our D1 history
In our MAC history
Younger than 70 years old
At this point talking about Pellom's NBA career is like Bona fans talking about their National (Invitational Tournament) Championship and Final Four. Cool that it happened but you can't use it for recruiting.