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.
Dealing with the fallout from graduation after the 2024 season last year, there’s no greater challenge in college baseball right now than roster continuity, and the degree of difficulty ratchets up even higher when you have a big player change…
Rust head baseball coach John Bates enters his 4th year at the helm of the Bearcats looking to bounce back from the 2024 campaign. The team came into the fall with new players, including transfers and freshmen. After the fall…
North Carolina A&T State made some great strides in the fall. A large number of players graduated from the program last year, and the program has 22 newcomers this year. Objectives in the fall for a team with so many…
Head baseball coach A. Rod White will be in his first full season at the helm of the Dillard University baseball program. At the halfway point of the 2024 season, White was named the interim head coach on March 29,…
Coming off a SWAC Western Division championship and coach of the year nod, head coach Michael Robertson and his Texas Southern Tigers baseball team is looking to build from that for the 2025 season. Despite losing some key pieces from…
The Talladega College baseball program is gearing up for an exciting season, building on the strong foundation of key returning players and promising new additions. Most of the core contributors from last year’s successful campaign are back, providing stability and…
Head coach Roosevelt Barnes’ Wilberforce baseball program eagerly prepared for a return to the diamond this spring. Fall ball has Barnes confident that his ball club is poised to take a big step forward. The team has a lot to…
As the pride shifts its focus to the 2025 season, head coach Anthony Vincent Connor had to look back at everything the Lions baseball program accomplished in the fall of 2024. The primary focus for the fall was to adjust…
A According to Coppin State baseball head coach Sherman Reed, the 2024 fall season consisted of a lot of new faces and talented players battling for many open positions. The large majority of the 2024 recruiting class consisted of four-year…
The fall season saw many highlights from the Prairie View A&M Panther baseball program with several returnees and newcomers who performed well. From a pitching standpoint newcomers, transfer Landyn Grant, Issac Herrea, Beau Beaty, Jeffrey Polledo, Kamar Dove and Marcus…