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.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – No school in NCAA history has put up the stolen base numbers that Benedict College has under Head Coach Selwyn Young. During 10 years with the Tigers, his teams have stolen 2,147 bases. Benedict holds the top five spots…
Summer ball has wrapped up for returning Aggies and a talented pool of incoming freshmen and transfers are ready to help lead North Carolina A&T to another Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship. With classes already beginning at NC A&T, let’s…
The Tougaloo College baseball program has acknowledged the passing of its beloved teammate, Jordan Mathews. Mathews was a junior infielder for Tougaloo this past 2019 season. The school announced, “It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of…
Richard Edwards and Jordan Pontious, former Edward Waters College Tiger baseball players and teammates, are playing professionally for the Garden City Wind in the Independent Leagues Pecos League. And both had outstanding 2019 seasons. Edwards, after a stellar collegiate career,…
Eighteen former members of the 2019 Winston Salem State University baseball team have transferred to other programs for the 2019-2020 school year after WSSU announced this past May that it would be terminating baseball in favor of forming a golf…
Below are recent coaching changes for HBCU baseball head coaching and assistant coaching positions that have taken place heading into fall ball for the 2020 season. Black College Nines will continue to keep you updated on the latest coaching changes…
Is Selma University dropping its baseball program, along with the men’s and women’s basketball programs, and athletic department? Sources tell us that the administration is at odds with the education department over federal financial assistance and that the athletic…
Former Coppin State baseball player Jahmon Taylor made his professional debut as he started on the mound Friday night for the Eastside Diamond Hoppers of the United States Professional Baseball League (USPBL), an independent league based in suburban Detroit. Taking on the…
Southern University and Norfolk State received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) final NCAA Division I poll this past June 27th after the conclusion of the College World Series title game won by Vanderbilt. Southern garnered votes…
In our ongoing effort to showcase the baseball talent at historically black colleges and universities, Black College Nines identifies its HBCU baseball national individual statistical champions. Below is the list of the 2019 HBCU baseball large and small school individual…