South Carolina State

Willie Jeffries is a college football Hall of Fame honoree who has amassed a number of championships across three decades. He is also the first Black head coach of a Division I-A and predominately white football team, achieving the feat in 1979. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  Jeffries was born January 4, 1937 in Union, […]

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is set to give the commencement address at a historically black university in the critical early primary state of South Carolina. South Carolina State University announced Monday that Booker would speak to graduates on May 10. The senator from New Jersey visited the Orangeburg school last […]

DALLAS (AP) — Dawn Staley is going to savor her first NCAA championship. It took her a long time to finally be able to raise the trophy over her head. A’ja Wilson scored 23 points to help coach Staley and South Carolina win their first national championship with a 67-55 victory over Mississippi State on […]

  Dr. George Cooper devoted much of his career to the advancement of HBCUs along with serving on the faculties of a few institutions. The former president of South Carolina State University passed away last Sunday, and his loss was a blow to the Obama Administration, according to a statement from the President. Cooper, a […]

Dr. George Cooper died over the weekend. WISTV reports: Cooper was the 10th president of the historically black university in Orangeburg from 2008-2012. According to The White House, Cooper served as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In a statement released by the White House, President Barack Obama expressed his condolences […]

  South Carolina State University President Dr. W. Franklin Evans talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the state of the university’s pending accreditation and what Alumni can do to help their Alma Mater. Additionally the school is the Tom Joyner Foundation school of the month and donated a check for $2500! Click the […]

Freshman quarterback Niko Johnson was the unlikely hero Saturday as Virginia State defeated two-time defending CIAA champion Winston-Salem State 21-17 Saturday in Durham, N.C., to win the conference championship and end the Rams’ 31-game conference winning streak. Winston-Salem (9-2) was ranked No. 10 in the AFCA Division II poll and No. 4 in NCAA Super […]

Tenacious defense and a strong running game have long been the calling card of South Carolina State football. Saturday, the Bulldogs used those two staples to defeat MEAC rival North Carolina A&T 13-0 in the Atlanta Football Classic at the Georgia Dome and continue their mastery of the Aggies under Coach Buddy Pough. The Bulldogs […]