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.
Norfolk State head baseball coach Keith Shumate notched his 400th NCAA Division I career coaching victory during the scheduled season opening baseball game with an 8-3 win over Mount St. Mary’s University on February 16, 2024. Shumate is in his…
As we take a look back at last weekend’s HBCU baseball action, the storyline begins with some teams who are making plenty of noise. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Florida A & M University Delaware State University Norfolk State…
HBCU baseball in full swing with big hitting along with pitching gems highlighting this past weekend as Black College Nines continues its season long coverage of Who’s Hot In HBCU baseball. Grambling State University Mason Martinez (1-0) was near to…
Fueled by strong pitching and timely hitting, Bethune Cookman university picked up a 7-1 win over Stonehill College in the season opener at the historic Jackie Robinson baseball field in Daytona Beach, Florida on Friday afternoon. Bethune Cookman scored seven…
A full schedule of nonconference and conference baseball games are on tap this weekend in HBCU baseball. There will be some exciting matchups on the diamond. With the NCAA Division I schools just getting their seasons started, there will be…
A full slate of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball games are on tap this weekend, February 16-18, 2024. With the large school HBCU baseball season openers, there will be a ton of exciting matchups on the diamond. An…
Tuskegee University head baseball coach Chad Hall brought on James Jackson as the newest member of the Golden Tigers coaching staff. James comes on board as the Assistant Coach for Tuskegee’s program after serving 13 years of baseball coaching and…
The college baseball season is in full swing with small school HBCU baseball programs seeing action this weekend. With the season underway, the question again is what’s in store for the 2024 season? We will get answers this weekend. Some…
Many HBCU baseball stadiums remains as the crown jewels of HBCU Baseball. Many have withstood the test of time improvements over the years that have increased its seating capacity as well as changing the playing surface which has attracted top…
HBCU Baseball “Large School” NCAA Division I ballplayers are still “chomping at the bit” to get the 2024 college baseball season underway. But at many smaller division schools, including those among the ballplaying HBCUs, baseball is in full swing with…