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.
Black College Nines previews the 2024 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) baseball season and predicts the GCAC’s order of finish as some conference members get their season started at the end of January while others start play the first week…
Dillard University head baseball coach Trennis Grant has scheduled a very tough baseball schedule for 2024. In his second season at the helm of the program, Coach Grant is preparing his team for the rigors of playing a tough non-conference…
As the HBCU baseball season inches closer, Lane College is looking forward to a season that includes tough non-conference and conference games in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The 52-game slate includes 23 home games at the Ballpark at Jackson,…
Major League Baseball this week announced that the HBCU Baseball season opening event, the Andre Dawson Classic has officially shifted location to the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida, former preseason home of the Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers beginning…
The fall season went really well for the Delaware State baseball program as the Hornets look to take a major step forward in the Northeast Conference (NEC) after a disappointing 2023 spring season learning and growing in a new conference…
For the HBCU Baseball Black College World Series National Champion Florida Memorial Lions, this fall has been great. Along with many key players returning, FMU baseball has been able to add some new faces that should be impact guys for…
After being extremely experienced and upper class heavy the past couple of seasons, contributed by the additional Covid year(s), Coppin State had a much-needed total overhaul of its roster. After returning practically the entire 2022 NCAA regional team last year,…
Last year, Head Coach Keith Shumate felt confident that his Spartan club was poised to take a big step forward. He knew the Norfolk State baseball program had a lot to prove, but he was convinced that his roster belonged…
As the fall season for the Lincoln (PA) University baseball team comes to a successful end, the attention now turns to the 2024 spring season. After a record setting 2023 season, the Lions are poised to exceed last year’s success.…
Talladega College baseball had a really good fall semester in the classroom and on the baseball field. Head Coach Marcos Dominguez and his coaching staff have been working a lot on the development of his players this fall, making them…