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.
Alabama State moves up to number one and Savannah State retains top spot in this week’s polls. Alabama State University moved into the No. 1 ranking in our Black College Nines 2022 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular…
Alabama State junior catcher Hunter May (Slidell, La.) and junior lefthander Osvaldo Mendez (Carolina, PR) swept the weekly honors handed out by the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) on Wednesday afternoon. May was named the Hitter of the Week after leading the Hornets in…
North Carolina A&T University head baseball coach Ben Hall notched his 150th career coaching victory by defeating the Canisius Golden Griffins by the score of 16-4 this past Saturday March 19th in non-conference baseball action at the War Memorial Stadium.…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has released its Week 5 edition of the NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll and Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball program Savannah State University have garnered votes this week. The South…
Miles College’s three game sweep of Lane College opened Saturday winning both ends of a doubleheader 9-5 and 7-5. The Golden Bears completed the three-game sweep breaking out the broom winning Sunday 16-4 to extend their win streak to 10…
Bethune-Cookman made its first ever Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opening series debuted with a three game sweep this weekend defeating Jackson State. The Wildcats won 4-0 to open the series Friday. Saturday saw a thrilling 9-8 extra inning affair and…
Black College Nines provides another edition of Who’s Hot in HBCU baseball. Bethune-Cookman University reliever Brenton Fisher pitched in all three games in the Wildcats sweep of Jackson State. B-CU won the first game 4-0, game two was a 11-inning…
With a three-run offensive outburst, the Talladega baseball team upset 12th-ranked Middle Georgia State 6-5 on its home field on Saturday. Talladega thus improves to 13-10 on the season while Middle Georgia State drop to 16-7. The tying runs came…
Southern University legendary head baseball coach Roger Cador’s achievements extend beyond his years of building the Jaguars baseball program and turning it into an HBCU powerhouse. Cador will leave his mark on the baseball program with the renaming of the…
Black College Nines looks at all the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) “small school” division baseball programs as we summarize each team’s 2022 year-to-date mid-season performance. Black College Nines identifies which teams are having early season struggles in conference,…