Alabama A&M University has announced the hiring of its next head baseball coach – one who arrives with plenty of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level. Elliot Jones, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, will take over for the…
Former Alabama State University student-athlete and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) staff member, Milton Taylor, passed away last week. He served at the SWAC for 15 years, from December 2004 until December 2019. Taylor is a graduate of Alabama State and…
Head coach and Miami native Florentino Burgos was hired in 2017 to lead the Florida Memorial University baseball program. In his second season, the Lions made the Sun Conference tournament and finished with a school best, 24-19 record and a…
Today’s Black College Nines (BCN) podcast series features Voorhees head baseball coach Marcus Smith. Hired on August 1, 2019, in addition to his baseball coaching duties, Marcus Smith serves as the Athletic Academic Enhancement Coordinator responsible for ensuring that all student-athletes…
Since becoming Kentucky State head baseball coach in 2013, Robert Henry has seen his share of student-athletes pass through the program. Arguably, former player Elijah Collins has had the biggest impact as a walk-on as any since Henry’s hiring. Elijah…
University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Brian Hollamon was named head baseball coach on August 21, 2017. The former Hawks assistant was a graduate assistant with the Hawks from 1996-99 when he earned his Masters Degree from the university. Hollamon came…
The North Carolina A&T Aggie baseball team is more than happy to get back to playing baseball after the 2020 season was cut short due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The Aggies were arguably the most consistent team in the MEAC…
Four Historically Black College and University (HBCUs) earned Team Academic Excellence Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) for their work in the classroom. The four – Voorhees College, Alabama State, North Carolina Central, and Coppin State were among the…
Southern University Legend Rickie Weeks has been selected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Weeks will become the twentieth member from Southern University and the first since the induction of Roger Cador in 2019. He will…
The Maryland Eastern Shore baseball program has added a crop of talented freshman to it’s veteran roster for the 2021 season. The Hawks are building on being one of the top teams in the MEAC conference. The Hawks graduated 3…
