Many point to the September 1970 contest between the University of South California Trojans vs. the University of Alabama Crimson Tide as the first racially integrated college football game in the South. However, a contest between the Florida A&M Rattlers and the University of Tampa Spartans happened a year prior, but it is often overlooked. […]
Tony Dungy, one of the NFL’s class acts, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last weekend making him the first African-American coach to achieve the honor. Dungy has already etched his name in the history annals by becoming the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl in the NFL. Dungy, […]
George Williams, the head coach of St. Augustine’s University’s track and field team, has built one of America’s most formidable collegiate athletic programs. Williams has coached over 40 Olympians over the course of his 40-plus year career and sent four students from the North Carolina HBCU to the Rio Summer Olympics. Williams has been coaching […]
Demario Warren made history in the state of Utah last week after he was hired as Southern Utah University’s first Black head football coach. Not only is Warren the first Black head football coach at Southern Utah, he is the first Black head coach to hold such a position in the entire state. Warren, a […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has offered its men’s basketball job to former NBA player and head coach Avery Johnson, a person familiar with the negotiations said Sunday. The person said Johnson and Alabama are working on the details of a deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press Sunday on condition of anonymity because […]
The NCAA tournament is about to determine another college champion and usually around that time there’s one school that seems to always be in contention. That school is Kentucky, which has two games to play to determine if they will succeed in playing and undefeated season. Coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith, now with Texas Tech, […]
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has been at the helm of the organization for 12 years – he’s the second-longest running coach in the NFL behind Patriot’s coach Bill Belichick. “The secret is we have good coaches, good players and although we haven’t won what we’ve ultimately here for, which is to be World […]
Coach Nolan Richardson will be honored during Final Four this weekend. The legendary coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks initiated the “Forty Minutes of Hell” defense that took his team to the NCAA Championship in 1994. In 22 years with the Razorbacks, he went to the tournament 20 times. Richardson was also a member of the […]
