Author: Michael Coker

Michael Coker is a collegiate baseball writer and lead contemporary news reporter for Black College Nines. He is a member and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), a member of the Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, founding member of the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association (HBCU-PSMA), Founder and Executive Director of the Black College Championships LLC and HBCU baseball Black College World Series. Previously reported for blackcollegebaseball.com. Coker is a voter for the NCBWA NCAA Division I baseball Top 30 poll and Black College Nines’ HBCU baseball polls. Has twenty years of covering collegiate baseball. Played baseball three years under coach Jeffery Lee Jr. at Edward Waters University. Attended Oakton College, Wilberforce University and is a proud graduate of Edward Waters College in 1990 and University of Miami School of Law. Will complete Masters of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Coker is also a political contributor, consultant and conservative blogger. Founder of Secondopinionpundits – Political Web Magazine.

HBCU 2016 Baseball Opening Day

HBCU baseball opening weekend is scheduled for Saturday, January 30, 2016. Plenty of good programs will be in action opening day with five scheduled games highlighting many key storylines. Can Clark Atlanta University spoil a Concordia College (AL) triumphant home opener? Will…

Is Norfolk State’s Matt Outman For Real?

Heading into his twelfth season as head coach of the Norfolk State University baseball program, Claudell Clark has done a good job of turning tools into skills. One such project has been Matt Outman, the Spartans pitching ace who had…

2016 Could Be Big Year For MEAC Pitching

There’s plenty of talent returning to the pitching mound in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for the 2016 season. Pitching could have a big say in whether teams contend for a division title, make a good run for the conference…

Top HBCU Base Stealing Programs

Two HBCU baseball programs have made base stealing an art, Texas Southern University, the NCAA statistical champion in stolen bases per game this past season and Benedict College, nicknamed “The Base Stealing Bandits”. Texas Southern stole 136 bases during the…

Ten HBCU Baseball Players To Look Out For In 2016

As HBCU baseball speeds towards its first pitch of the 2016 season, fans can’t help but speculate how well their teams will perform on the field. Recently Black College Nines assembled a brief preview of most all of the large…