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.
For all his adult life, Noah Suarez has been involved in baseball – as a player, a coach, and a fan of the game. Suarez’s passion for the game and desire to be a mentor and coach made Suarez the…
On a recent warm, sunny day in Frankfort, Kentucky, Mayor Layne Wilkerson and the city celebrated the Kentucky State baseball team for winning the NCAA Division II bracket of the Tyson Foods Black College World Series last May in Montgomery,…
Black College Nines Michael Coker, was the guest on the Mike Prince Show which aired on the OpenMic Broadcast Network iHeart Radio. The segment on black college HBCU Baseball aired August 18, 2022.
Scott Nestor, a former assistant coach at Savannah State was named the head baseball coach at Claflin University by the University’s Director of Athletics Tony O’Neal, as the Panthers are preparing for a new era under a new leadership. I…
Tuskegee University baseball has moved quickly in replacing former coach Reginald Hollins with Chadwick Hall, who had spent the previous seven seasons at Jackson State. Hall comes equipped to Tuskegee with Division I college baseball coaching experience at Jackson State,…
Milton Barney has been named the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State baseball program as announced by the athletic department Thursday. Sources are stating the interest Mississippi Valley State received from coaches across the country was significant. Ultimately, Barney’s…
Right before the start of the season this past January, Voorhees College selected a new head coach to lead the baseball program naming Norman O’Neal to start the 2022 season. O’Neal took over the baseball program at what was then…
At the end of the 2022 baseball season, it became official that Claflin University baseball head coach James Randall officially retired and Athletic Director Tony O’Neal has some work to do in finding a replacement. Randall helped turn the program…
Ed’Zaviah “Zay” Paul was recently named the head baseball coach at Morris College. Prior to becoming head coach, he served as student assistant coach this past year at Claflin University. Before that he was the assistant coach for Florence Post…
The Grambling State aseball team had 19 of its members make the 2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Commissioner’s Honor Roll as recently announced by the conference office. To earn a spot on the SWAC academic honor roll list, selections must…