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 ranks the top breakout candidates to watch in HBCU baseball for the 2021 season. These players were on a breakout path before the 2020 season was cut short. As we near another exciting HBCU season, it’s always…
The Southern University baseball program recognized 30 of its student-athletes who earned at or above a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) making the Dean’s List, including the ones that achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average for the fall 2020 semester. Ninety…
In this Black College Nines’ podcast we talk with North Carolina A&T head baseball coach Ben Hall. Coach Hall was hired as the permanent coach on July 21, 2015, making him the ninth Aggies baseball coach since the Aggies became…
Edward Waters College opens the 2021 college baseball season for Historically Black College and University baseball programs in a matter of a few days. All eyes are on the upcoming opening weekend with Edward Waters, then followed by Rust College,…
Fans of HBCU Baseball will witness a matchup featuring Grambling State and Prairie View A&M, as they meet on the baseball diamond in a conference rivalry between Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) members. The State Fair Diamond Classic is sponsored by…
The BCSG 360 (Black College Sports Group) and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp minor league baseball club announce the first annual JAX Diamond Classic showcasing two HBCU baseball programs, Edward Waters College and Savannah State University. The inaugural event is set to…
Excitement and emotions were at an all-time high when Edward Waters College was approved by the NCAA to become a member of Division II competition. The Tigers accepted an invitation to join the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), but it…
Chris Crenshaw was named head coach of the Southern University baseball program on December 3, 2020. He becomes the seventh head coach in Jaguar baseball history. Crenshaw enters his third season with the Southern University baseball program, eighth season at…
Edward Waters head coach Reginald Johnson is planning an aggressive Tigers baseball schedule for 2021. Johnson believes one of the best ways to prepare his team for the rigors of playing a tough non-conference schedule is to face off with…
As the new school year approaches, head coach Sherman Reed and his team will look to continue to improve not only on the field, but in the classroom as well. Reed’s teams have continued to post team grade point averages…