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.
Ask any college baseball fan to name the 25 best college baseball coaches ever and you’ll probably get 25 different answers. Rest assured there is one name that will pop up alongside a slew of record-breaking NCAA Division I coaches.…
Week four of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season is in the books, so we now can take a look back on the week’s action. After winning game one to open its scheduled four game series by…
Two Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball coaches achieved milestones since the start of the 2016 season. Alabama State University head baseball coach Mervyl Melendez earned his 500th career coaching victory and Talladega College head coach Will Ramos earned…
Florida A&M University and Jackson State University, two Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball programs will square off this weekend. This year’s three-game series, hosted by Jackson State, begins Saturday with a nine-inning doubleheader and concludes with a final…
Freshmen drastically influence collegiate baseball year in and year out. Judging by history, a freshman will find a way to factor into his team’s wins and losses each week during the regular season. We’re only one week into the 2016…
Black College Nines (BCN) is pleased to announce its regular season top ten poll dates for the 2016 college baseball season which will ultimately determine our Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball champions. The Black College Nines’ poll will…
Week three of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season is now in the books. So, let’s take another look at which teams are making some chatter so far during the 2016 season and which teams are off…
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The start of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball 2016 season for the large school Division is within reach, now that February 19th has almost arrived. As always, the regular season will be tough to sort out. There…
Head Coach Jason Beverlin had done a good job of continuing the winning tradition of Bethune-Cookman University since assuming the reigns in 2012 of one of the winningest HBCU NCAA Division One programs over the last 15 years. The only…
Now into week three of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season, once again, let’s take another look at which teams are making some noise during the early stages of the 2016 season and which teams that have gottren…