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.
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on 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…
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on 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…
The Norfolk State Spartans and Florida A&M Rattlers were predicted to win the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) baseball northern and southern divisions, respectively, the conference announced today. All preseason honors were voted on by the conference’s head baseball coaches…
The Norfolk State baseball team has been picked to win the MEAC Northern Division title for the second consecutive year, and senior pitcher Matt Outman was tabbed the preseason Pitcher of the Year in voting released by the conference on…
The Edward Waters’ baseball program recently held its second annual alumni game on January 16, 2016. Twenty-two former baseball players participated and were coached by former EWC coaches Al and Carl Burden. The day featured a home run derby…
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…
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on 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…
Fifty-two Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball players have been named to the 2016 Black College Nines’ first pre-season baseball all-american teams. First and second team selections were made in both the Large School Division (made up of NCAA…
A year after ending the 2015 season with the number one poll ranking, Alabama State University opens the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Black College Nines’ 2016 Large School Preseason Baseball Poll again ranked number one. Alabama State, one…
DII/CIAA/MEC/Baseball Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released their 2016 Preseason poll which has two Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball programs ranked for DII preseason honors. Winston Salem State which was the 21st ranked pre-season team and West Virginia State which…