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.
The Bluefield State Baseball team released the 2021 schedule on Tuesday afternoon. For the full schedule, click here. Due to the forced hiatus last year by COVID-19 the season was cut short, However, the season will be in full swing Thursday,…
In a shocking move, North Carolina Central University has announced that the athletic program will no longer support the baseball program, which will become effective at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The athletic department based its decision on the…
Alabama State University has recently been named HBCU baseball’s top ranked team in Black College Nines’ Large School PreseasonTop 10 Poll. Alabama State was also named No. 1 in preseason rankings released by D1 Baseball in its website preview of…
Alabama State was one of ten HBCUs to receive Rapsodo through a partnership with the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Braves Foundation, announced Tuesday by the organization. “This is just another tool that puts us up to par with other conferences…
The Norfolk State baseball program released its 2021 schedule on Wednesday, a 53-game regular-season slate that features 26 home games prior to the MEAC Baseball Championship, which returns to NSU this year. The Spartans will play a total of 32…
Black College Nines (BCN) predicts the large school order of finish for the 2021 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) baseball season. We examine methodically and in detail teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)…
At the conclusion of last season, when the pandemic shut down all of college baseball prematurely, Alabama State University received the final No. 1 ranking. The Hornets open the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) 2021 Large School Pre-Season Baseball…
Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball returns for the 2021 season. This is our weekend edition where four HBCU baseball programs saw plenty of action. With the season officially open, there was plenty of action featuring home runs, outstanding defensive plays, lights-out…
There is a ton of HBCU talent as we head into the 2021 collegiate baseball season and quite a few draft eligible players ready for Major League draft day. The 2021 season is going to be exciting for HBCU baseball…
Florida Memorial University’s baseball team showed it can win in multiple ways Friday, defeating host Edward Waters College in a 15-2 rout in the first game of the day’s doubleheader and edging out the Tigers 2-1 in the second game…